Louisville vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Louisville	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1918	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4639	$2798
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$549
🏘️ Family rent	$1980	$919
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$80.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4464	$1220
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	61
😀 Quality of life	89	79
🏙️ Population	633K	606K

The cost of living in Louisville is 69% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 1984th and 4604th ($1918 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1684th 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 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Riga. Louisville ranked 33rd best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 164th and 535th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Riga

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	Louisville	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$9.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$52.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.34	$7.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1115	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$885
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1652	$549
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$16.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3397	$2627
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3039	$1636
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.9	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$2.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.42	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$47.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.4	$77.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13578	$13518

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1362
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1088
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$827
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$860
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$927
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$827
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$877
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$893
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$982
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1080
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$909
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$928
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$864
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$976
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$831
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$835
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1163
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1080
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$981
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1303
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$922
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$461
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1335
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1194
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$920
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1028
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$622
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1438
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$906
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1345
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$814
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1825
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1907
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1013
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1257