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El Castillo above the beach at Tulum, Tulum
TulumEl Castillo above the beach at Tulum
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Tulum by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tulum 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 Tulum for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Tulum 88, Vilnius 17: Tulum leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Tulum 52, Vilnius 50: Tulum leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Tulum 30, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Tulum 60, Vilnius 46: Tulum leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tulum 76, Vilnius 52: Tulum leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Tulum 68, Vilnius 60: Tulum leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Tulum 60, Vilnius 44: Tulum leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Tulum 25, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Tulum 35, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Tulum 30, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tulum 15, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tulum 85, Vilnius 34: Tulum leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tulum and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Tulum
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tulum in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Tulum has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tulum: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTulumVilnius
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaLithuanian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation5 m98 m
Main airportFelipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum (TQO)21 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTulumVilnius
City population33,374619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.