Kuwait City vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kuwait City	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1393	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$698	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1494	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$207	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2507	$1303
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	61
😀 Quality of life	75	79
🏙️ Population	2.99M	605K

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 25% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 3893rd and 4764th ($1393 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kuwait and Latvia, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Kuwait City compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 1114th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Riga

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	Kuwait City	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.69	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.2	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.17	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.73	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1716	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1333	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.12%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6776	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.3	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.63	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.28	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.93	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$119	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$398	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6378	$13840

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$736
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$547
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$904
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$597
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$551
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$562
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$901
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$525
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$582
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$897
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$583
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$577
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$557
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$529
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1056
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$626
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$1068
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1280
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1243
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1223
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$589
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$587
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$554
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$563
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$502

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