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Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Vilnius or York?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Vilnius 50, York 42: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Vilnius 66, York 70: York leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Vilnius 46, York 36: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vilnius 52, York 62: York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Vilnius 60, York 80: York leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Vilnius 44, York 60: York leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Vilnius 68, York 72: York leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Vilnius 38, York 46: York leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Vilnius 64, York 38: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vilnius 54, York 38: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vilnius and York are level on 34.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vilnius and York.

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
49match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips 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
17 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVilniusYork
Official languageLithuanianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation98 m25 m
Main airportVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureVilniusYork
City population619,405208,400
People per km²1,545766
Museums within 10 km3124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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. 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.