Kazan vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$375	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	54	61
😀 Quality of life	60	79
🏙️ Population	1.26M	605K

The cost of living in Kazan is 34% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 6742nd and 4764th ($734 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 2nd in Russia and Latvia, respectively. Check Russia vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 5162nd and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Riga

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	Kazan	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$13840

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

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