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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Penang 44, Vilnius 17: Penang leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Vilnius 50: Penang leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, Vilnius 66: Penang leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Vilnius 52: Penang leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Vilnius 44: Penang leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, Vilnius 38: Penang leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, Vilnius 64: Penang leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, Vilnius 34: Penang leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Penang
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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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PenangVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangVilnius
Official languageMalayLithuanian
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m98 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangVilnius
City population794,313619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km931
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.