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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • beaches

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. Paris 9, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Vilnius 50: Paris leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Vilnius 66: Paris leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Vilnius 46: Paris leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris and Vilnius are level on 52.
Day trips. Paris 92, Vilnius 60: Paris leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Vilnius 44: Paris leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Vilnius 68: Paris leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Vilnius 38: Paris leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Vilnius 54: Paris leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Vilnius 34: Paris leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisVilnius
Official languageFrenchLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation27 m98 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisVilnius
City population2,103,778619,405
People per km²19,9601,545
Museums within 10 km25131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.