Riga vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riga	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1270	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3141	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$619	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$1049	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1509	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	99
😀 Quality of life	82	100
🏙️ Population	605K	5.45M

The cost of living in Riga is 52% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4556th and 649th ($1270 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Latvia and Australia, respectively. Check Latvia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 625th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Sydney

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	Riga	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1956	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.4	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.86	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16726	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710