Louisville vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$2907
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$568
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$964
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$392
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$1324
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	61
😀 Quality of life	87	79
🏙️ Population	246K	605K

The cost of living in Louisville is 59% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2276th and 4672nd ($1862 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th 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 68th best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 251st and 580th 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	$15.4	$9.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$54.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$7.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$5.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$510
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$334
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$181
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$18.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$2784
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$1763
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$34.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$5.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$77.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$547
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$13962

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1377
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1111
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$856
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$893
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$946
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$999
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$902
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$923
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1102
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1151
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$966
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$950
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$899
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1029
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$817
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$856
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1120
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1191
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1341
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$886
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$440
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1447
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$871
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1278
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$973
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1061
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1525
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$979
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1363
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$846
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1936
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$2023
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$390
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1057
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1363