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Varanasi or Vilnius?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
Varanasi

Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
Vilnius

Photo: Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Varanasi
40
match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Vilnius
✓ Best match
49
match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

VaranasiVilnius
Beaches & swimming. Vilnius leads by 13 points.13
Food & drink. Varanasi leads by 5 points.5
Culture & sights. Varanasi leads by 14 points.14
Nightlife. Vilnius leads by 36 points.36
Nature & outdoors. Vilnius leads by 34 points.34
Day trips. Vilnius leads by 18 points.18
Good for families. Vilnius leads by 39 points.39
Getting around. Vilnius leads by 40 points.40
Shopping & style. Varanasi leads by 17 points.17
Affordability. Varanasi leads by 28 points.28
Live music & performing arts. Varanasi leads by 4 points.4
Wellness & relaxation. Vilnius leads by 4 points.4
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Varanasi and Vilnius.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyVaranasiVilnius
Daytime high35 °C24 °C
Night-time low27 °C14 °C
Rainfall in the month249 mm90 mm
SunshineNo figure9 hours a day
Daylight14 hours a day17 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
M
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O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Varanasi
24
29
35
41
43
41
35
33
32
32
28
24
Vilnius
-1
0
4
13
19
22
24
23
18
10
4
0
Rainfall, mm
Varanasi
12
14
10
11
23
110
249
200
146
34
2
5
Vilnius
48
42
41
41
60
66
90
78
58
58
45
49
Daylight, hours per day
Varanasi
11
11
12
13
13
14
14
13
12
12
11
11
Vilnius
8
10
12
14
16
17
17
15
13
11
9
7
Sunshine, hours per day
Varanasi
No sunshine record
Vilnius
1
2
5
7
8
9
9
8
6
3
1
1

Where the figures come from

Varanasi 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. Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureVaranasiVilnius
Official languageHindi, EnglishLithuanian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation76 m98 m
Main airportLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureVaranasiVilnius
City population1,198,491581,475
People per km²14,5981,450
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.