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White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pensacola 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 Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Pensacola 84, Vilnius 17: Pensacola leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Pensacola 45, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Pensacola 45, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Pensacola 42, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pensacola 62, Vilnius 52: Pensacola leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Pensacola 45, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Pensacola 62, Vilnius 44: Pensacola leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Pensacola 18, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Pensacola 28, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Pensacola 44, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pensacola 36, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pensacola 30, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pensacola and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around 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.

Pensacola in July

33 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePensacolaVilnius
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
Elevation31 m98 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePensacolaVilnius
City population54,312619,405
People per km²5151,545
Museums within 10 km531
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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.