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Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Vilnius or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Vilnius leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Vilnius 50, Windhoek 36: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Vilnius 66, Windhoek 30: Vilnius leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Vilnius 46, Windhoek 25: Vilnius leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vilnius and Windhoek are level on 52.
Day trips. Vilnius 60, Windhoek 14: Vilnius leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Vilnius 44, Windhoek 30: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Vilnius 68, Windhoek 22: Vilnius leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Vilnius 38, Windhoek 30: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Vilnius 64, Windhoek 62: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vilnius 54, Windhoek 18: Vilnius leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vilnius 34, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Vilnius
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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
17 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVilniusWindhoek
Official languageLithuanianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation98 m1,650 m
Main airportVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVilniusWindhoek
City population619,405486,169
People per km²1,54595
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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. 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.