Luxembourg City vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Luxembourg City	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2926	$1248
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6423	$3118
🏠 One person rent	$1964	$588
🏘️ Family rent	$3248	$989
🍽️ Food expenses	$696	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5332	$1623
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	59
😀 Quality of life	87	81
🏙️ Population	138K	595K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 134% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 270th and 4678th ($2926 vs $1248) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Luxembourg and Latvia, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.3 months in Riga. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 350th and 668th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/luxembourg-city/riga.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Luxembourg City vs Riga infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/luxembourg-city/riga" target="_blank">Luxembourg City vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Luxembourg City vs Riga

Prices for goods and services in Luxembourg City and Riga are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Luxembourg City	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.3	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.7	$8.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.1	$5.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.13	$1.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1923	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3538	$984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2749	$662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$19.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	4.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13023	$3224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8923	$2056
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.7	$1.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.1	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.2	$9.82
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.99	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.87	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26.9	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$3.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$5.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.09	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.3	$53.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$79.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$528
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18882	$17597

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2586
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2637
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2512
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2431
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1844
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1744
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1536
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1550
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1569
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1535
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1533
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1470
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1515
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1492
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1508
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1684
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1605
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1501
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1507
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1675
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1538
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1501
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1358
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1663
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1650
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1643
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1647
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1731
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1612
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1735
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1635
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1653
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1681
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1759
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1582
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1592
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1644
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1676

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1423
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1027
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$908
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$944
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$912
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$1001
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$1012
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$994
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1214
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1230
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$1083
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$1003
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$952
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1060
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$853
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$890
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1232
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1279
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1106
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1461
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$947
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$720
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1683
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$907
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1448
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$1021
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1133
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1131
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$919
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1606
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$1111
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1753
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1579
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$1108
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1990
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$2062
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$399
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1406