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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Seattle 30, Vilnius 17: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Vilnius 50: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Vilnius 46: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Vilnius 52: Seattle leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Vilnius 44: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Vilnius 38: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Vilnius 54: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Vilnius 34: Seattle leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleVilnius
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
Elevation40 m98 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleVilnius
City population737,015619,405
People per km²1,9961,545
Museums within 10 km2731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.