Riga vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Riga	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1135	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2798	$1937
🏠 One person rent	$549	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.4	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1220	$418
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	45
😀 Quality of life	79	55
🏙️ Population	606K	2.86M

The cost of living in Riga is 45% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 4604th and 6424th ($1135 vs $785) 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 1.1 months in Riga compared to 0.5 months in Tashkent. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 535th and 5942nd 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	$9.68	$6.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.8	$27.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.58	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$485	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$885	$1086
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$549	$687
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$27.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.7	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	21.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2627	$1380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1636	$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.84	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$3.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$5.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$3.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$4.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.7	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.5	$53.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.1	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$464	$258
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13518	$8199

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Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1362
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1088
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$827
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$860
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$927
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$827
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$877
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$893
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$982
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1080
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$909
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$928
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$864
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$976
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$831
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$835
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1163
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1080
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$981
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1303
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$922
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$461
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1335
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1194
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$920
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1028
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$622
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1438
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$906
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1345
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$814
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1825
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1907
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1013
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1257

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$416
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$682
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$692
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$682
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$680
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$674
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$473
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$558
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$479
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$582
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$647
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$479
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$564
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$434
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$562
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$638
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$475
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$529
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$416
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$399
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$653
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$560
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$398
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$504
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$446
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$671
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$658
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$935