Riga vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riga	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1270	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3141	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$619	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$1049	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1509	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	81
😀 Quality of life	82	92
🏙️ Population	605K	1.43M

The cost of living in Riga is 37% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 4556th and 1930th ($1270 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1571st in Latvia and the United States, respectively. Check Latvia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 625th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs San Antonio

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	Riga	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1956	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.4	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.86	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16726	$15049

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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

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154