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Netherlands vs. Lithuania Cost of Living Summary

Netherlands is 88.2% more expensive than Lithuania overall.

Restaurants
pay 71.9% more in Netherlands
Groceries
pay 50.4% more in Netherlands
Transportation
pay 80.1% more in Netherlands
Housing
pay 2.8 times more in Netherlands
Childcare
pay 90.0% more in Netherlands
Entertainment and Sports
pay 33.5% more in Netherlands
Clothing
pay 6.4% less in Netherlands

The cost of housing, childcare, transportation, restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Netherlands are more expensive than in Lithuania. Notably, housing, childcare, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Netherlands.

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Netherlands vs. Lithuania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Netherlands instead of Lithuania, you would:

pay 71.9% more for restaurants

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.74
€10.45
$22.24
€19.80
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.87
€7.00
$13.74
€12.23
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.61
€2.33
$3.60
€3.21
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pay 50.4% more for groceries

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.58
€1.40
$2.06
€1.84
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.60
€4.98
$6.70
€5.96
Milk (1 gallon) $5.10
€4.54
$5.08
€4.52
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pay 80.1% more for transportation

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.94
€6.17
$9.11
€8.11
Monthly public transit pass $32.25
€28.70
$95.45
€84.95
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,308.11
€24,305.20
$40,608.58
€36,143.10
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pay 2.8 times more for housing

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $14.62
€13.01
$48.29
€42.98
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $487.51
€433.90
$1,426.76
€1,269.87
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $337.38
€300.28
$1,174.28
€1,045.15
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pay 90.0% more for childcare

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $551.61
€490.95
$1,884.17
€1,676.98
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,536.02
€8,487.40
$10,083.31
€8,974.51
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pay 33.5% more for entertainment and sports

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.26
€4.68
$6.25
€5.56
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.34
€2.97
$4.16
€3.70
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.89
€5.24
$13.60
€12.11
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pay 6.4% less for clothing

 
Lithuania
Netherlands
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $103.76
€92.35
$89.45
€79.61
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $45.79
€40.76
$43.43
€38.65
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $91.90
€81.79
$100.67
€89.60
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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