Lithuania international travel guide in 2022

Lithuania 🇱🇹

Lithuania is part of Europe with main city at Vilnius. It's usually 🌤️ -4.83 °C in Lithuania with a rainfall of 🌧 37.96 mm. Internet speed in Lithuania is on average 14.3 Mbps. In Lithuania you drive on the right side. Its Developed country with a population of 3M people. The main currency is Euro. The languages spoken are Lithuanian. Automatic teller machines are common in Lithuania. Current travel safety advice is Reconsider your need to travel. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.

👍 Developed 🌤️ ~-4.83 °C 🌧 ~37.96 mm 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 3M people

Travel restrictions

Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Reconsider your need to travel

Entry rules depend on the country you're travelling from. EU citizens can enter Lithuania if they have an EU Digital COVID-19 Certificate. Check with the Lithuanian Ministry of Health website to see if you can enter without a certificate. You may need to provide a negative COVID-19 test or evidence of being fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine (see ‘Travel’). Depending on where you're travelling from, you may also need to self-isolate. You must register with the National Health Centre prior to arrival. We now advise: Reconsider your need to travel to Lithuania due to the impacts of COVID-19.

Issue date: October 28, 2021

Weather

🌤️ Temperature

🌧 Rainfall

General

🔌 Sockets

Lithuania uses 230V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type F.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Lithuanian

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Lithuania uses the euro (symbol: €), code EUR.Banknotes come in denominations of 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 euros. Euro is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 2 and 1 euros and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents.

💳 Cards

Widely accepted Credit cards are widely accepted within Lithuania (at hotels, shops, and restaurants, travel agencies, car-rental agencies etc.). Visa, MasterCard and Maestro are the most widely accepted. American Express is less common. Diners Club is pretty rare. Discover, JCB, UnionPay and RuPay are unknown.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are common in Lithuania. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.

Calling

📡 Internet

Internet speed in Lithuania is on average 14.3 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Lithuania is very high. Most hotels, hostels, cafes, restaurants and bars have it.

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about €3.92, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 3 telecoms: Bit?, Tele2 or Teledema. Lithuania uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Lithuania upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.

📞 Calling

To call Lithuania, dial +, then 370 (the country code for Lithuania), then the area code (without the initial 8) and the local number. For local calls within Lithuania, start with the area code (with the initial 8). In the case above area code is 312 .

Driving

🛣️ Road rules

In Lithuania you drive on the right side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick). Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 120 km/h (74 mph) on expressways, 130 km/h (80 mph) on motorways, 50 km/h (31 mph) in all built-up areas and 90 km/h (55 mph) on undivided highways. Right turn on red lights is strictly forbidden unless an additional green semaphore arrow allows it. It is illegal to drive with blood alcohol content higher than 0.04%.

🚦 On the road

Road assistance is available at 1810 (Falck). For general news on Lithuania's traffic use eismoinfo or Eismoinfo. Most popular petrol stations in Lithuania are Circle K, Lukoil, Neste, Q8 and Orlen. Petrol (unleaded) gas options are called bešvinis benzinas or Bešvinis benzinas (95/98). Petrol costs about €1.05 per liter.Diesel option is called Dyzelinas.