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A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Valparaiso 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 Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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. Valparaiso 36, Vilnius 17: Valparaiso leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Valparaiso and Vilnius are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Valparaiso 62, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Valparaiso 56, Vilnius 46: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valparaiso 60, Vilnius 52: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Valparaiso 63, Vilnius 60: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Valparaiso 33, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Valparaiso 44, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Valparaiso 30, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Valparaiso 60, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valparaiso 38, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valparaiso 18, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valparaiso and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vilnius
Best match
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.

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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. Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValparaisoVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112
Elevation21 m98 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureValparaisoVilnius
City population296,655619,405
People per km²6,1801,545
Museums within 10 km1731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. 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.