Local time
Sun, 9:41 PM GMT+3Europe/VilniusCityCapital
Vilnius
54.68° N, 25.32° E
- Population
- 542,366
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 5
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 5 cities of Lithuania in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Lithuania, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Practical bearings for Vilnius, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Vilnius have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Vilnius comes from the Vilnia River, whose name is said to derive from the Lithuanian word "vilnis," meaning "wave".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person