Vilnius vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Vilnius	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1414	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3338	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$764	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$1283	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$436	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.1	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1836	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	61	46
😀 Quality of life	83	64
🏙️ Population	581K	1.47M

The cost of living in Vilnius is 47% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4221st and 5881st ($1414 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Lithuania and Russia, respectively. Check Lithuania vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Vilnius compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Vilnius ranked 1st best city to live in Lithuania vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 544th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Vilnius vs Yekaterinburg

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	Vilnius	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.1	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.7	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.78	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$763	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$933	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6130	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3717	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.16	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.4	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.42	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.92	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.7	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.1	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.24	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$609	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9582	$7319

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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

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617