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Sugarloaf Mountain above the boats in Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de JaneiroSugarloaf Mountain above the boats in Botafogo Bay
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Rio de Janeiro by Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Rio de Janeiro’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Rio de Janeiro 92, Vilnius 17: Rio de Janeiro leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Rio de Janeiro 62, Vilnius 50: Rio de Janeiro leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Rio de Janeiro 68, Vilnius 66: Rio de Janeiro leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Rio de Janeiro 80, Vilnius 46: Rio de Janeiro leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rio de Janeiro 90, Vilnius 52: Rio de Janeiro leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Rio de Janeiro 50, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Rio de Janeiro 50, Vilnius 44: Rio de Janeiro leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Rio de Janeiro 44, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Rio de Janeiro 50, Vilnius 38: Rio de Janeiro leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Rio de Janeiro 60, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rio de Janeiro 66, Vilnius 54: Rio de Janeiro leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rio de Janeiro 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: Rio de Janeiro and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Rio de Janeiro
Best match
62match

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

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rio de Janeiro in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
45 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
11 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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Rio de JaneiroVilnius

Where the figures come from

Rio de Janeiro has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rio de Janeiro: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRio de JaneiroVilnius
Official languagePortugueseLithuanian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation31 m98 m
Main airportRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)12 km from centre54 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureRio de JaneiroVilnius
City population6,211,223619,405
People per km²4,9301,545
Museums within 10 km6931
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.