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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siena 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 Siena for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Siena 14, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Vilnius 50: Siena leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Vilnius 66: Siena leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Vilnius 52: Siena leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Vilnius 60: Siena leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Vilnius 34: Siena leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Siena
51match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaVilnius
Official languageItalianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation322 m98 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaVilnius
City population52,812619,405
People per km²4461,545
Museums within 10 km3031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53

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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.