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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • 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. Milan 20, Vilnius 17: Milan leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Vilnius 50: Milan leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Vilnius 66: Milan leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Vilnius 46: Milan leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Vilnius 52: Milan leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Vilnius 60: Milan leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Vilnius 44: Milan leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Vilnius 68: Milan leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Vilnius 38: Milan leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Vilnius 54: Milan leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Vilnius 34: Milan leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanVilnius
Official languageItalianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation138 m98 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanVilnius
City population1,354,196619,405
People per km²7,4531,545
Museums within 10 km8831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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). 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. 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.