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Kaunas

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couple

older

speaks

english

popular

Living here for a couple of years already. Cost of living information is very accurate, even surprised me :D But I can't agree with couple Cons. As mentioned in the older review, pretty much everyone speaks english, only some older folks (40+) doesn't.
It's true that LGBT community isn't very popular, but I would not say that it's hostile. Lithuanians indeed are a bit closed in, but that's only till the first drink, then everyone becomes besties. If you struggle with making friends visit "Dzem Pub" bar, it's very popular between foreigners and students, after a couple drinks people will come up to get to know you, don't be too shy to just ask groups if you can join them!

5 years ago

I am not sure when this was done but I have moved to Kaunas this September looking for a quiet place to work.
Everyone speaks english and the average of the costs I spent per month including the rent for the flat is 500 - 600 euros.

6 years ago

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Affordable cost of living

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Good hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Very safe for women

❌ LGBT community isn't very popular

❌ Lithuanians can be initially closed off

❌ Expensive

❌ Not much to do

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets very cold in the winter

❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels

25 -4°
freezing

19 -7°
freezing

36 2°
cold

43 6°
cold

55 13°
cool

72 22°
mild

79 26°
warm

64 18°
cool

54 12°
cool

52 11°
cool

37 3°
cold

25 -4°
freezing

Real

30 -1°
freezing

25 -4°
freezing

39 4°
very cold

45 7°
cold

57 14°
cool

72 22°
mild

78 26°
warm

64 18°
cool

55 13°
cool

53 12°
cool

42 6°
very cold

30 -1°
freezing

Humidity

nice
43%

nice
39%

nice
40%

nice
37%

nice
39%

nice
36%

nice
40%

nice
41%

nice
39%

nice
38%

nice
41%

Most common

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☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

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☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

rainy
52mm

dry
13mm

dry
41mm

dry
47mm

rainy
60mm

dry
33mm

rainy
52mm

rainy
87mm

rainy
52mm

dry
20mm

rainy
60mm

dry
49mm

Cloud

cloudy
57%

pockets
46%

pockets
47%

pockets
49%

cloudy
53%

pockets
37%

pockets
36%

cloudy
52%

pockets
46%

pockets
43%

cloudy
55%

cloudy
53%

Air quality

okay
55 US AQI

okay
70 US AQI

okay
51 US AQI

okay
54 US AQI

clean
47 US AQI

clean
49 US AQI

okay
50 US AQI

okay
54 US AQI

okay
57 US AQI

okay
56 US AQI

clean
45 US AQI

Remote workers

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275 people

629 people

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200 people

0 people

200 people

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👮 Safety mediocre

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👍 Liked good

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

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👍 Liked good

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👍 Liked good

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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👍 Liked good

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Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.51/5 (Rank #423) 68 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍2 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	🙂 Okay: $2,576 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 36Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Freezing : -2°C28°F (feels -5°C23°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 57%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Great: 27 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Good: 53 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Okay
🤝 Lack of racism*	Good
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Low: $1,226 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Good
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
👩 Female friendly	Good
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Lithuania
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	36 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ -2°C 28°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels -5°C 23°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 27 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 54 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Taxify
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	EUR 100 = USD 105
💸 Tipping	Yes, 10%
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
💻 Best coworking space	Talent Garden Kaunas
💻 Best alt. coworking space	HUB Kaunas
☕️ Best coffee place	Green Cafe
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Kaunas Camp Inn
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍11% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	300,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$14,707 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 38% 👱‍♀️ 62%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 92% 👱‍♀️ 8%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Kilobaitas
🏠 Apartment listings	Flat4Rent
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Ryanair
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Ryanair
🏥 Best hospital	EUROMEDIC LIETUVA

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$2,576 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,550 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,730 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$780 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,703 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,460 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$525 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$80 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$81 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$208 / month
🍛 Dinner	$8
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$4
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$7,068 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$24 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$3 / trip
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000	$11,813
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000	$19,629
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000	$35,379