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Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Vilnius or Yokohama?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Vilnius 50, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Vilnius 66, Yokohama 55: Vilnius leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Vilnius 46, Yokohama 44: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vilnius 52, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Vilnius 60, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Vilnius 44, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Vilnius 68, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Vilnius 38, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Vilnius 64, Yokohama 55: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vilnius 54, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vilnius 34, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vilnius and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Vilnius
49match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVilniusYokohama
Official languageLithuanianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation98 m24 m
Main airportVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureVilniusYokohama
City population619,4053,757,630
People per km²1,5458,585
Museums within 10 km3138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.