Riga vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riga	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2787	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$532	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$924	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.5	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1303	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	83
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	605K	633K

The cost of living in Riga is 43% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4764th and 1961st ($1113 vs $1957) 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 1.2 months in Riga compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 596th and 63rd 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	$11.7	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$915	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2774	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1723	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.97	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.81	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.15	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$488	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13840	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581