Riga vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riga	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2787	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$532	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$924	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.5	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1303	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	61	72
😀 Quality of life	79	90
🏙️ Population	605K	1.06M

The cost of living in Riga is 6% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4764th and 5132nd ($1113 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 324th in Latvia and Japan, respectively. Check Latvia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 596th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Sendai

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	Riga	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$915	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2774	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1723	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.97	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.81	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.15	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$488	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13840	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034