Barcelona vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$1303
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	98	61
😀 Quality of life	87	79
🏙️ Population	1.7M	605K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 65% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2276th and 4764th ($1841 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Spain and Latvia, respectively. Check Spain vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 270th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Riga

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	Barcelona	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$13840

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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