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Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Vilnius or Wellington?

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 Vilnius for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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. Vilnius 17, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Vilnius 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Vilnius 66, Wellington 44: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Vilnius 46, Wellington 45: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vilnius 52, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Vilnius 60, Wellington 40: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Vilnius 44, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Vilnius and Wellington are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Vilnius 38, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Vilnius 64, Wellington 33: Vilnius leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vilnius 54, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vilnius 34, Wellington 30: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vilnius and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Vilnius
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Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
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Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVilniusWellington
Official languageLithuanianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation98 m0 m
Main airportVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureVilniusWellington
City population619,405216,200
People per km²1,545487
Museums within 10 km3112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.