Luxembourg City vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2776	$1270
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6075	$3141
🏠 One person rent	$1866	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$3059	$1049
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1509
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	61
😀 Quality of life	89	82
🏙️ Population	136K	605K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 118% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 433rd and 4556th ($2776 vs $1270) 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 1.2 months in Riga. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 279th and 625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Riga

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	Luxembourg City	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.64	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$378
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3349	$965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$285
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.1	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.47%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12143	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$1956
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.64	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.8	$9.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.1	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.34	$5.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$9.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.5	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59	$47.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16342	$16726

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689

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