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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo 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 Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Montevideo 55, Vilnius 17: Montevideo leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Vilnius 50: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Vilnius 46: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Vilnius 44: Montevideo leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Vilnius 54: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Vilnius 34: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m98 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoVilnius
City population1,302,954619,405
People per km²1,7851,545
Museums within 10 km3631
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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. 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.