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The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sydney 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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • 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. Sydney 95, Vilnius 17: Sydney leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Sydney 77, Vilnius 50: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Sydney 60, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Sydney 60, Vilnius 46: Sydney leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sydney 85, Vilnius 52: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Sydney 50, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Sydney 75, Vilnius 44: Sydney leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Sydney 75, Vilnius 68: Sydney leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Sydney 68, Vilnius 38: Sydney leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Sydney 22, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sydney 73, Vilnius 54: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sydney 55, Vilnius 34: Sydney leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sydney and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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. Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSydneyVilnius
Official languageEnglishLithuanian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation6 m98 m
Main airportSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSydneyVilnius
City population5,450,496619,405
People per km²4491,545
Museums within 10 km3831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.