Himeji vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Himeji	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1181	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3908	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$536	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1850	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2240	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	53 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	61
😀 Quality of life	72	79
🏙️ Population	528K	605K

The cost of living in Himeji is 6% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 4535th and 4764th ($1181 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 50th and 2nd in Japan and Latvia, respectively. Check Japan vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Himeji compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Himeji ranked 224th best city to live in Japan vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 1836th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Himeji vs Riga

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	Himeji	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.31	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.5	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.55	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.23	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$396	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2664	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1478	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5545	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3543	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.05	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.5	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.83	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.61	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.11	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.68	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.94	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.65	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.5	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16359	$13840

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Himeji

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Taishi	$1075
11 km or 7 mi	Takasago	$1076
13 km or 8.3 mi	Tatsuno	$1064
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
19 km or 12 mi	Kasai	$1059
20 km or 12 mi	Aioi	$1057
20 km or 13 mi	Harima	$1073
22 km or 14 mi	Inami	$1072
23 km or 14 mi	Ono	$1057
24 km or 15 mi	Shiso	$1042
28 km or 17 mi	Ako	$1040
28 km or 17 mi	Miki	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Kato	$1049
33 km or 20 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
35 km or 21 mi	Akashi	$1158
46 km or 29 mi	Bizen	$985
48 km or 30 mi	Awaji	$1156
48 km or 30 mi	Kobe	$1107
50 km or 31 mi	Sanda	$1048
51 km or 32 mi	Tanba	$1038
53 km or 33 mi	Mimasaka	$991
56 km or 35 mi	Sumoto	$1157
57 km or 35 mi	Setouchi	$949
57 km or 35 mi	Tamba-Sasayama	$1041
57 km or 36 mi	Ashiya	$1049
59 km or 36 mi	Asago	$1027
59 km or 36 mi	Minamiawaji	$1212
60 km or 37 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
61 km or 38 mi	Akaiwa	$937
62 km or 38 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
64 km or 40 mi	Inagawa	$1045
66 km or 41 mi	Yabu	$1011
66 km or 41 mi	Itami	$1062
66 km or 41 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
67 km or 42 mi	Fukuchiyama	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
68 km or 43 mi	Ikeda	$1046
69 km or 43 mi	Tsuyama	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Higashikagawa	$1187
72 km or 45 mi	Toyonaka	$1063

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