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The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Orange Beach 86, Vilnius 17: Orange Beach leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Orange Beach 40, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Orange Beach 7, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Orange Beach 30, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orange Beach 60, Vilnius 52: Orange Beach leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Orange Beach 50, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Orange Beach 75, Vilnius 44: Orange Beach leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Orange Beach 15, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Orange Beach 25, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Orange Beach 38, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orange Beach 32, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orange Beach 32, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orange Beach and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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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Orange BeachVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrange BeachVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m98 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrange BeachVilnius
City population8,095619,405
People per km²1961,545
Museums within 10 km031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.