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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • beaches

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. Medellin 5, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Vilnius 50: Medellin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Vilnius 46: Medellin leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Vilnius 52: Medellin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Vilnius 44: Medellin leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Vilnius 38: Medellin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Vilnius 64: Medellin leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 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

Medellin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation1,405 m98 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinVilnius
City population2,529,403619,405
People per km²6,6441,545
Museums within 10 km1431
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.