Riga vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riga	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2787	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$532	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$924	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.5	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1303	$522
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	46
😀 Quality of life	79	55
🏙️ Population	605K	2.96M

The cost of living in Riga is 30% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4764th and 6253rd ($1113 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Latvia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Latvia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 596th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Tashkent

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	Riga	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$915	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2774	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1723	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.97	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.81	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.15	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$488	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13840	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785