New York City vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$1270
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$3141
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$1049
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$1509
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	61
😀 Quality of life	98	82
🏙️ Population	8.8M	605K

The cost of living in New York City is 231% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 4th and 4556th ($4203 vs $1270) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.2 months in Riga. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 11th and 625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Riga

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	New York City	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$378
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$965
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$285
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$1956
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$9.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$5.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$9.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$47.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$16726

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

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