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Europe · Northern Europe · 2025 price levels

🇪🇪Cost of living in Estonia

+1% Everyday spending in Estonia costs 1% more than the EU average.

Clothing & shoes, food & soft drinks and phone & internet cost the most compared with the rest of Europe; restaurants & hotels, health and personal care & services the least.

Price level by category

What costs more, and how much

EU average = 100. The bar's length is Estonia's price level for the same basket.

  • Clothing & shoes+13%
  • Food & soft drinks+10%
  • Phone & internet+8%
  • Alcohol & tobacco+6%
  • Recreation & culture+6%
  • Transport+1%
  • Housing & utilities±0%
  • Furniture & household±0%
  • Personal care & services−1%
  • Health−7%
  • Restaurants & hotels−12%
EU averageEurostat, 2025
Against its neighbours

Cheaper than Finland

Household spending, EU average = 100.

🇪🇪 Estonia101
🇪🇺 EU100
24% cheaperthan the United States for the same household spending (World Bank, 2025)
Living there

The basics

Status
EU Member
Stay
EU rules apply. 90-day free stay; residence registration required.
Healthcare
EHIC valid.
Currency
EUR
Banking
Full support (Revolut/Wise)
Paying
Card dominant
English
4 out of 5
Getting around
Bolt
Say it locally

Seven phrases

Hello
Tere
Thank you
Aitäh
Yes/No
Jah / Ei
How are you?
Kuidas läheb?
Excuse me
Vabandust
Check, please!
Arve, palun!
Do you speak English?
Kas te räägite inglise keelt?
Cities

Six places to live

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Google Maps Search Hub

Category Search Link
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Drug Policy

Substance Status Penalty
Cannabis 🔴 Strict
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Useful Links

🏠 Housing & Rent

Link Description
KV.ee 🔴 Biggest housing

💼 Jobs

Link Description
CV.ee Jobs
Where the numbers come from
  1. Eurostat, prc_ppp_ind_1: price level indices, EU27 = 100, 2025. Reuse authorised with acknowledgement.
  2. World Bank, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI: household price level, United States = 100, 2025. CC BY 4.0.