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Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rovaniemi 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 Rovaniemi for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • 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. Rovaniemi 10, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Rovaniemi 25, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Rovaniemi 22, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Rovaniemi 15, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovaniemi 78, Vilnius 52: Rovaniemi leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Rovaniemi 8, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Rovaniemi 72, Vilnius 44: Rovaniemi leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Rovaniemi 36, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Rovaniemi 18, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Rovaniemi 18, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovaniemi 22, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovaniemi 60, Vilnius 34: Rovaniemi leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovaniemi and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Rovaniemi
32match

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

Vilnius
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips 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.

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 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

Rovaniemi 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovaniemiVilnius
Official languageFinnish, SwedishLithuanian
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
Elevation88 m98 m
Main airportRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovaniemiVilnius
City population65,329619,405
People per km²91,545
Museums within 10 km631
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.