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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Valencia 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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices

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. Valencia 78, Vilnius 17: Valencia leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Vilnius 50: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Vilnius 66: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Vilnius 46: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Vilnius 52: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Vilnius 60: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Vilnius 44: Valencia leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Vilnius 68: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Vilnius 38: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Vilnius 54: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Vilnius 34: Valencia leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation15 m98 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaVilnius
City population840,792619,405
People per km²6,2421,545
Museums within 10 km4531
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.