Al Ain vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$1303
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	38	61
😀 Quality of life	75	79
🏙️ Population	767K	605K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 66% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2271st and 4764th ($1844 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Latvia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 1000th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$13840

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220