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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Los Angeles or Vilnius?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Los Angeles for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Los Angeles 60, Vilnius 17: Los Angeles leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Vilnius 50: Los Angeles leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles and Vilnius are level on 66.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Vilnius 46: Los Angeles leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Vilnius 52: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles and Vilnius are level on 60.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Vilnius 44: Los Angeles leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Vilnius 38: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Vilnius 54: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Vilnius 34: Los Angeles leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Vilnius.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Los AngelesVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m98 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesVilnius
City population3,898,747619,405
People per km²2,9941,545
Museums within 10 km3931
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.