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St. Petersburg, Florida
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

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

St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • 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. St. Petersburg, Florida 85, Vilnius 17: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Vilnius 50: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Vilnius 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Vilnius 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 26 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida and Vilnius are level on 38.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Vilnius 34: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around 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.

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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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St. Petersburg, FloridaVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaVilnius
Official language-Lithuanian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation134 m98 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaVilnius
City population258,308619,405
People per km²7251,545
Museums within 10 km1331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.