Riga vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riga	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1270	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3141	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$619	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$1049	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1509	$5915
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	61	87
😀 Quality of life	82	93
🏙️ Population	605K	1.01M

The cost of living in Riga is 68% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 4556th and 6th ($1270 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 625th and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs San Jose, United States

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	Riga	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1956	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.4	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.86	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16726	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254