Jerusalem vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jerusalem	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5689	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2480	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$674	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$1836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	78	61
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	936K	581K

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 73% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 950th and 4221st ($2447 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Israel and Lithuania, respectively. Check Israel vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 351st and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Jerusalem vs Vilnius infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/jerusalem/vilnius.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Jerusalem vs Vilnius infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/jerusalem/vilnius" target="_blank">Jerusalem vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Jerusalem vs Vilnius

Prices for goods and services in Jerusalem and Vilnius are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Jerusalem	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18.4	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.82	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1189	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2738	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2087	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14293	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9538	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.26	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.57	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.38	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.5	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.8	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23696	$9582

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

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