Riga vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Riga	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1248	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3118	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$588	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$989	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$449	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.3	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1623	$4075
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	59	84
😀 Quality of life	81	93
🏙️ Population	595K	633K

The cost of living in Riga is 42% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4678th and 1578th ($1248 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Latvia and Germany, respectively. Check Latvia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Riga compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 668th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Stuttgart

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	Riga	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.5	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.55	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.82	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.96	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$558	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$984	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.8	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3224	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.79	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.82	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.56	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.97	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.13	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.22	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.5	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$528	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17597	$18457

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Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1423
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1027
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$908
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$944
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$912
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$1001
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$1012
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$994
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1214
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1230
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$1083
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$1003
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$952
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1060
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$853
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$890
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1232
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1279
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1106
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1461
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$947
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$720
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1683
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$907
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1448
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$1021
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1133
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1131
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$919
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1606
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$1111
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1753
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1579
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$1108
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1990
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$2062
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$399
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1406

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792