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A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montego Bay 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 Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Montego Bay 84, Vilnius 17: Montego Bay leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay and Vilnius are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Vilnius 52: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Vilnius 44: Montego Bay leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Vilnius 34: Montego Bay leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

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

Vilnius
Best match
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Montego BayVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayVilnius
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisLithuanian
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation19 m98 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayVilnius
City population123,994619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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.