Antwerp vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$832	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1303
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	87	61
😀 Quality of life	89	79
🏙️ Population	529K	605K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 47% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2896th and 4764th ($1640 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 2nd in Belgium and Latvia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 203rd and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Riga

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	Antwerp	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$13840

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

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