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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • 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. Muscat 72, Vilnius 17: Muscat leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Vilnius 52: Muscat leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Vilnius 60: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Vilnius 44: Muscat leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Vilnius 38: Muscat leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Vilnius 34: Muscat leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatVilnius
Official languageArabicLithuanian
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m98 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatVilnius
City population1,421,409619,405
People per km²4061,545
Museums within 10 km1031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.