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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Plovdiv 7, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv and Vilnius are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv and Vilnius are level on 66.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Vilnius 52: Plovdiv leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Vilnius 60: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Vilnius 64: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Vilnius 34: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivVilnius
Official languageBulgarianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m98 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivVilnius
City population333,994619,405
People per km²3,2741,545
Museums within 10 km1831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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.