Long Beach vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1270
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3141
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1049
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1509
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	61
😀 Quality of life	78	82
🏙️ Population	467K	605K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 124% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 327th and 4556th ($2851 vs $1270) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 2nd in the United States and Latvia, respectively. Check the United States vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 982nd and 625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Riga

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	Long Beach	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$378
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$285
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$1956
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$9.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$5.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$47.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$16726

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1419
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1046
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$889
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$928
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$894
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$967
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$988
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$968
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1184
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$1041
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$974
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$929
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1034
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$840
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$865
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1174
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1334
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1414
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$920
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$680
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1601
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$883
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1372
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$999
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1113
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1566
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$1064
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1485
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$1083
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1947
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1937
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$349
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1125
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1383