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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pisa 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 Pisa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Pisa 58, Vilnius 17: Pisa leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Vilnius 50: Pisa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Vilnius 66: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Vilnius 52: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Vilnius 60: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Vilnius 44: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Vilnius 68: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa and Vilnius are level on 38.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Vilnius 34: Pisa leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaVilnius
Official languageItalianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation4 m98 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaVilnius
City population88,737619,405
People per km²4791,545
Museums within 10 km2731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.