Vilnius vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Vilnius	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1461	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3425	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$800	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$1319	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.7	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1925	$939
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	59	48
😀 Quality of life	84	63
🏙️ Population	581K	1.47M

The cost of living in Vilnius is 39% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4193rd and 5278th ($1461 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 543rd and 5513th 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	$12.4	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.55	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.88	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$575	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1394	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$949	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.3	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.18%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6285	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3555	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.32	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.12	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.72	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.25	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.9	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.7	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10967	$7937

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Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$890
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$907
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1279
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$1003
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$947
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$1012
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$399
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$952
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1133
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$836
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$568
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$1001
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$912
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1184
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$628
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1214
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$908
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$853
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1027
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$1062
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1423
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1106
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$484
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$919
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$589
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$450
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$335
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$944
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1060
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$622
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1028
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$994
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1068
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1569

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688