Riga vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riga	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1270	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3141	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$619	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$1049	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1509	$3556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	83
😀 Quality of life	82	93
🏙️ Population	605K	633K

The cost of living in Riga is 42% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4556th and 1455th ($1270 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd 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 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 625th and 93rd 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	$13.8	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1956	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.4	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.86	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16726	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763