Prague vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Prague	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1513	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3601	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$911	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1611	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1829	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	61
😀 Quality of life	87	79
🏙️ Population	1.38M	605K

The cost of living in Prague is 36% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 3363rd and 4764th ($1513 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the Czech Republic and Latvia, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 285th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Riga

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	Prague	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.47	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.41	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$901	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$685	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1728	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.2%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5304	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.33	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.21	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$758	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12277	$13840

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220