Louisville vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1303
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	61
😀 Quality of life	87	79
🏙️ Population	246K	605K

The cost of living in Louisville is 64% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2336th and 4764th ($1821 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 299th and 596th 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	$14.7	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$13840

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

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