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La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Sebastian 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 San Sebastian for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. San Sebastian 68, Vilnius 17: San Sebastian leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. San Sebastian 88, Vilnius 50: San Sebastian leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. San Sebastian 52, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. San Sebastian 44, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Sebastian 72, Vilnius 52: San Sebastian leads by 20 points.
Day trips. San Sebastian 80, Vilnius 60: San Sebastian leads by 20 points.
Good for families. San Sebastian 66, Vilnius 44: San Sebastian leads by 22 points.
Getting around. San Sebastian 80, Vilnius 68: San Sebastian leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. San Sebastian 40, Vilnius 38: San Sebastian leads by 2 points.
Affordability. San Sebastian 32, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Sebastian 45, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Sebastian 50, Vilnius 34: San Sebastian leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Sebastian and Vilnius.

Your match

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

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °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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Where the figures come from

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan SebastianVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m98 m
Main airportSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan SebastianVilnius
City population189,866619,405
People per km²3,1181,545
Museums within 10 km1431
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.