Minneapolis vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$1270
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$3141
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$1049
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$1509
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	61
😀 Quality of life	90	82
🏙️ Population	430K	605K

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 87% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 1095th and 4556th ($2380 vs $1270) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd 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 1.9 months in Minneapolis compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 215th and 625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Riga

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	Minneapolis	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$378
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$285
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$1956
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$9.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$5.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$9.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$47.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$16726

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678

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