Edinburgh vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	88	61
😀 Quality of life	94	79
🏙️ Population	488K	605K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 92% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 1491st and 4764th ($2140 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Latvia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 34th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Riga

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	Edinburgh	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$13840

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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