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The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Venice by David Vives, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Venice 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 Venice for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Venice 56, Vilnius 17: Venice leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Venice 60, Vilnius 50: Venice leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Venice 94, Vilnius 66: Venice leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Venice 27, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Venice 45, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Venice 86, Vilnius 60: Venice leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Venice 45, Vilnius 44: Venice leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Venice and Vilnius are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Venice 57, Vilnius 38: Venice leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Venice 20, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Venice 62, Vilnius 54: Venice leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Venice 40, Vilnius 34: Venice leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Venice and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 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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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVeniceVilnius
Official languageItalianLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m98 m
Main airportVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureVeniceVilnius
City population250,369619,405
People per km²6021,545
Museums within 10 km5231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.