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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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. Portland 20, Vilnius 17: Portland leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Vilnius 50: Portland leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Vilnius 46: Portland leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Vilnius 52: Portland leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Vilnius 44: Portland leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Vilnius 38: Portland leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Vilnius 54: Portland leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Vilnius 34: Portland leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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PortlandVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m98 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandVilnius
City population652,503619,405
People per km²1,7361,545
Museums within 10 km1731
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.