Cost of Living inVilnius, Lithuania
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Lithuania: $47,165/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 47% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
6.8 / 10
#19 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality + expat access, alongside international and private school cost — the two paths a relocating family weighs.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Lithuania; Vilnius-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Good public schools
Assessment snapshot: 2022
Expat access
Resident families can use it
conditionalInstruction
Lithuanian
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
466
Below OECD avg
PISA 2022 · OECD avg ~480
Why this quality rating
Lithuania has solid PISA outcomes, particularly in reading, and has improved meaningfully over recent assessment cycles. The public system is well-structured.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident families can use public schools, which teach in Lithuanian. International English-medium programs exist mainly in Vilnius.
📋 Homeschooling
Legal with school supervisionHomeschooling is legal in Lithuania since 2020. Students must be enrolled in a school. Assessment and curriculum guidance comes from the school. Relatively new framework, still evolving.
Homeschool legality in Lithuania — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Current nanny and household-help pricing snapshot for Vilnius, Lithuania.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$775-$1,025
monthly · confidence 0.65
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$1,400-$1,800
monthly · confidence 0.65
Source: curated family relocation research
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for Vilnius: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Airport
International airport
Vilnius Airport gives Lithuania’s capital practical European coverage and useful regional connectivity.
Urban transit
Bus and trolleybus network
Vilnius is still bus-led rather than rail-based, but the trolleybus and bus network is good enough for car-light daily life in core districts.
Rideshare
Bolt available
Bolt is a standard fallback for airport runs and lower-frequency trips beyond the trolleybus grid.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Lithuania.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongGood national coverage, strong doctor availability, and solid hospital-bed capacity support this rating.
Public care
MixedThe tracked facility mix leans away from public providers weigh on this rating.
Private care
GoodA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network and a clearly private facility base help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
78/100
2023
Physicians
4.47/1k
2022
Hospital beds
5.71/1k
2022
Out of pocket
31%
2024
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
77.2 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
8/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
1.9/1k
2024
International patient readiness
MixedA visible private hospital base and multiple facilities have websites help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Lithuania yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Construction | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Real Estate | — |
2024 annual wages in Vilnius, Lithuania · Source: Eurostat Regional
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa.
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Vilnius compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.2x further in Vilnius than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Vilnius cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Vilnius is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 47% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Vilnius.
How does rent in Vilnius compare with New York City?
Rent in Vilnius is about 82% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Vilnius?
Groceries in Vilnius are about 54% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 41% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, an EU and NATO member on the eastern flank of the bloc, with a UNESCO-listed Baroque old town and a young, fast-growing fintech and shared-services economy that has attracted regional offices of Western banks and major SaaS firms. English is widely spoken by under-40s, and the Lithuanian Bank's electronic-money licensing has made Vilnius one of Europe's larger fintech licensing hubs. Costs sit well below Western European capitals while remaining higher than Riga or Tallinn. Winters are cold and dark; summers mild. The Russian-Ukrainian war has elevated security awareness given proximity to Belarus and Kaliningrad. A strong fit for remote workers, fintech and IT professionals, and EU-mobile relocators.
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