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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Mexico City 5, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Vilnius 50: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Vilnius 66: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Vilnius 46: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Vilnius 60: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Vilnius 44: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Vilnius 38: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Vilnius 64: Mexico City leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Vilnius 54: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Vilnius 34: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 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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Mexico CityVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityVilnius
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaLithuanian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m98 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityVilnius
City population9,209,944619,405
People per km²6,2021,545
Museums within 10 km10831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63

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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). 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.