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Kaunas vs Klaipėda

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Under balanced weights Kaunas edges it, 65 to 64, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Kaunas is stronger on getting there & around; Klaipėda on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 4.7 of 65 points (scores 42/100)Safety: 8.4 of 65 points (scores 75/100)Healthcare: 7.9 of 65 points (scores 71/100)Internet: 9.7 of 65 points (scores 88/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 65 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 6.4 of 65 points (scores 58/100)Climate: 2.8 of 65 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 9.1 of 65 points (scores 82/100)Quality of life: 9.2 of 65 points (scores 83/100)65
Kaunas
out of 100

Lithuania's modernist second city

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Cost of living: 4.7 of 64 points (scores 42/100)Safety: 8.4 of 64 points (scores 75/100)Healthcare: 7.9 of 64 points (scores 71/100)Internet: 9.5 of 64 points (scores 86/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 64 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 4.8 of 64 points (scores 43/100)Climate: 2.8 of 64 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 64 points (scores 90/100)Quality of life: 9.2 of 64 points (scores 83/100)64
Klaipėda
out of 100

Lithuania's Baltic port next to the Curonian Spit

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Cost of living4242
Safety7575
Healthcare7171
Internet88 ✓86
Visa ease6161
Getting there & around58 ✓43
Climate2525
Air quality8290 ✓
Quality of life8383

Cost

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Monthly cost, one person$1,588$1,588
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Homicides per 100k2.662.66
Political stability (0–100)8282
UHC service coverage (0–100)7878
Life expectancy74.1 yrs74.1 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Download92.5 Mbps ✓85.9 Mbps
Upload50.4 Mbps ✓39 Mbps

Visa

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passportunlimitedunlimited
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Non-stop airport destinations27 ✓6
Walkability (1–5, editorial)44
Transit (1–5, editorial)33

Climate and air

MetricKaunasKlaipėda
Comfortable months per year33
Annual mean PM2.513.3 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Kaunas or Klaipėda?
Klaipėda is cheaper: about $1,588 per month versus $1,588 for one person.
Is Kaunas or Klaipėda safer?
Kaunas scores higher on safety (75 vs 75), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Kaunas or Klaipėda?
Kaunas: a measured median of 92.5 Mbps versus 85.9 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.