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The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Phuket 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 Phuket for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Phuket 90, Vilnius 17: Phuket leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Phuket 66, Vilnius 50: Phuket leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Phuket 35, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Phuket 72, Vilnius 46: Phuket leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phuket 80, Vilnius 52: Phuket leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Phuket 45, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Phuket 65, Vilnius 44: Phuket leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Phuket 22, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Phuket 42, Vilnius 38: Phuket leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Phuket 68, Vilnius 64: Phuket leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phuket 20, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phuket 82, Vilnius 34: Phuket leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phuket and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Phuket
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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.

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °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

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhuketVilnius
Official languageThaiLithuanian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation19 m98 m
Main airportPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhuketVilnius
City population77,610619,405
People per km²6,4681,545
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.