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The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santiago 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 Santiago for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Santiago 12, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Santiago 60, Vilnius 50: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago 52, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Santiago 60, Vilnius 46: Santiago leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago 83, Vilnius 52: Santiago leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Santiago 70, Vilnius 60: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Santiago 57, Vilnius 44: Santiago leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Santiago and Vilnius are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Santiago 52, Vilnius 38: Santiago leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Santiago 58, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago 55, Vilnius 54: Santiago leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago 37, Vilnius 34: Santiago leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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.

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiagoVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112
Elevation575 m98 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiagoVilnius
City population6,257,516619,405
People per km²7,4681,545
Museums within 10 km5431
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.