Dresden vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$684	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	61
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	566K	605K

The cost of living in Dresden is 26% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 3862nd and 4764th ($1402 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd in Germany and Latvia, respectively. Check Germany vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 217th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Riga

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	Dresden	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$13840

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419

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