Glasgow vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	61
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	626K	581K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 45% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1833rd and 4221st ($2058 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Lithuania, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 52nd and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Vilnius

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	Glasgow	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$9582

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522