Riga vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riga	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1270	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3141	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$619	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1049	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1509	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	95
😀 Quality of life	82	69
🏙️ Population	605K	11.5M

The cost of living in Riga is 21% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4556th and 5192nd ($1270 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Latvia and Brazil, respectively. Check Latvia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 625th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Sao Paulo

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	Riga	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1956	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.4	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.86	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16726	$15428

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666