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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montreal 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 Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Montreal 25, Vilnius 17: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Vilnius 50: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Vilnius 46: Montreal leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Vilnius 52: Montreal leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Vilnius 44: Montreal leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Vilnius 68: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Vilnius 38: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Vilnius 54: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Vilnius 34: Montreal leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealVilnius
Official languageFrench, EnglishLithuanian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m98 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealVilnius
City population1,895,211619,405
People per km²3,8061,545
Museums within 10 km3731
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). 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.