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Cost of living in Vilnius

Built from official statistics and published tariffs, not crowd-sourced guesses. Where no citable per-city figure exists, we ask you for it rather than inventing one.

Your household

Consumption defaults are starting points, not measurements. Your building, insulation and habits move them a long way. There is no free, citable city-level grocery figure for Lithuania, so that line is yours.

A month in Vilnius

€885.86

for the lines below, per month

Rent: 55 m² at €14.19/m²€780.45

Registered-stock average, not an asking price. Escalated from the 2025 base with the national rent index.

District heating: 300 kWh€24.09
Electricity: 150 kWh€36.00
Water and wastewater: 3 m³€7.32
Public transport: 1 monthly pass€38.00

Rent starts from the 2025 official average and is escalated by the national rent index (109.76, 2025 = 100).

Where these numbers come from

Every line above traces to one of these. Each figure shows the date its source put it in force.

Common questions

How much does it cost to live in Vilnius each month?
Using the official average registered rent for Vilnius, a 55 m² flat plus district heating, electricity, water and one monthly transport pass comes to about €885.86 a month before groceries.
Why is this rent figure lower than what I see advertised?
Two reasons, both stated on this page. The base is the official average across all registered rental contracts, not asking prices for new listings, and the base year is 2025 escalated to the current month with the national rent index. Asking prices for new listings run higher.
Which Lithuanian city is cheapest?
On official average rent per square metre, Panevėžys and Šiauliai are the cheapest of the five largest cities, and Vilnius is the most expensive: roughly 70% above Panevėžys per square metre.

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