Lithuania vs. Samoa Cost of Living Summary

Lithuania is 76.8% more expensive than Samoa overall.

Restaurants
pay 53.0% less in Lithuania
Groceries
pay 1.9% less in Lithuania
Transportation
pay 4.8% more in Lithuania
Housing
pay 4.9 times more in Lithuania
Entertainment and Sports
pay 23.8% more in Lithuania

The cost of housing, entertainment and sports, and transportation in Lithuania are more expensive than in Samoa. Expenses including restaurants and groceries are lower in Lithuania. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Lithuania.

Lithuania vs. Samoa Cost Breakdown

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

pay 53.0% less for restaurants

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $47.26
WST130.00
$11.74
€10.54
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$14.54
WST40.00
$7.87
€7.06
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.82
WST5.00
$2.61
€2.35

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pay 1.9% less for groceries

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Bread
1 loaf
$0.82
WST2.25
$1.58
€1.42
Local cheese (8 oz) $0.45
WST1.25
$5.60
€5.02
Milk (1 gallon) $6.88
WST18.93
$5.10
€4.58

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pay 4.8% more for transportation

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.13
WST11.36
$6.94
€6.22
Monthly public transit pass ?? $32.25
€28.93
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $27,308.11
€24,499.47

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pay 4.9 times more for housing

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$36.35
WST100.00
$14.62
€13.11
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $487.51
€437.37
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $337.38
€302.68

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $551.61
€494.88
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $9,536.02
€8,555.24

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pay 23.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.45
WST9.50
$5.26
€4.72
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.91
WST8.00
$3.34
€2.99
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.18
WST17.00
$5.89
€5.29

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Samoa
Lithuania
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $103.76
€93.09
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $45.79
€41.08
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $91.90
€82.45

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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 November 2026). How we calculate this

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