Sydney vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sydney	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2640	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6276	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1578	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2764	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$366	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4008	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	99	61
😀 Quality of life	100	83
🏙️ Population	5.45M	581K

The cost of living in Sydney is 87% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 649th and 4221st ($2640 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Australia and Lithuania, respectively. Check Australia vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sydney compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 3rd and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Vilnius

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	Sydney	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.47	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1915	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1294	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3447	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.9	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12628	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.27	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.45	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.1	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.2	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.6	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.3	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2071	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19140	$9582

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710

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