Manchester vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1270
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$3141
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$1049
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$1509
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	61
😀 Quality of life	93	82
🏙️ Population	548K	605K

The cost of living in Manchester is 78% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 1330th and 4556th ($2265 vs $1270) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Latvia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 107th and 625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Riga

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	Manchester	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$378
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$285
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$1956
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$9.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$5.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$9.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$47.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$16726

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

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