Columbus vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1270
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$3141
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1049
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1509
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	61
😀 Quality of life	90	82
🏙️ Population	906K	605K

The cost of living in Columbus is 72% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 1512th and 4556th ($2181 vs $1270) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 2nd in the United States and Latvia, respectively. Check the United States vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 217th and 625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Riga

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	Columbus	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$378
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$285
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$1956
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$9.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$5.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$9.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$47.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$16726

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1419
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1046
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$889
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$928
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$894
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$967
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$988
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$968
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1184
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$1041
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$974
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$929
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1034
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$840
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$865
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1174
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1334
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1414
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$920
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$680
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1601
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$883
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1372
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$999
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1113
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1566
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$1064
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1485
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$1083
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1947
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1937
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$349
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1125
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1383