Cost of living comparison
Croatia is 2.0% cheaper than Lithuania.
If you lived in Croatia instead of Lithuania, you would:
pay 5.7% more for restaurants
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.88
€10.09
|
$10.48
HRK73.29
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.91
€6.41
|
$7.54
HRK52.73
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.30
€2.14
|
$2.57
HRK17.96
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.73
€1.60
|
$1.83
HRK12.82
|
|
pay 2.4% more for groceries
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.64
€1.52
|
$1.29
HRK9.00
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.97
€5.54
|
$5.28
HRK36.94
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.29
€4.91
|
$4.39
HRK30.73
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.63
€2.44
|
$3.17
HRK22.17
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.34
€3.10
|
$4.42
HRK30.91
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$0.65
HRK4.52
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.77
€0.72
|
$0.70
HRK4.93
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.71
€0.66
|
$0.77
HRK5.36
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.49
€1.38
|
$1.03
HRK7.23
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.38
€0.35
|
$0.48
HRK3.33
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.45
€0.42
|
$0.52
HRK3.63
|
|
pay 17.5% more for transportation
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.26
€5.80
|
$6.31
HRK44.16
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.34
€28.14
|
$43.04
HRK301.09
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$35,094.53
€32,558.95
|
$32,849.65
HRK229,789.86
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$8.59
€7.97
|
$11.47
HRK80.22
|
|
pay 23.9% more for housing
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$13.95
€12.95
|
$27.24
HRK190.53
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$488.99
€453.66
|
$479.21
HRK3,352.15
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$348.24
€323.08
|
$389.58
HRK2,725.21
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$145.99
€135.44
|
$131.94
HRK922.95
|
|
pay 27.5% less for childcare
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$497.03
€461.12
|
$202.63
HRK1,417.44
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$8,349.41
€7,746.16
|
$8,698.19
HRK60,845.60
|
|
pay 18.6% less for entertainment and sports
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.98
€4.62
|
$2.99
HRK20.91
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.15
€2.93
|
$2.04
HRK14.27
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.07
€4.71
|
$5.06
HRK35.39
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$38.81
€36.01
|
$40.30
HRK281.87
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.35
€7.75
|
$6.58
HRK46.03
|
|
pay 17.7% less for clothing
Lithuania
|
Croatia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$101.39
€94.07
|
$83.54
HRK584.37
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$41.40
€38.41
|
$38.69
HRK270.65
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$91.38
€84.78
|
$88.55
HRK619.40
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$164.00
€152.15
|
$92.61
HRK647.84
|
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