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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Lucerne 35, Vilnius 17: Lucerne leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Vilnius 52: Lucerne leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Vilnius 60: Lucerne leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Vilnius 44: Lucerne leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Vilnius 68: Lucerne leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Vilnius 38: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Vilnius 54: Lucerne leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Vilnius 34: Lucerne leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Lucerne has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneVilnius
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshLithuanian
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation436 m98 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneVilnius
City population86,234619,405
People per km²2,9631,545
Museums within 10 km1431
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.