Riga vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riga	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1169	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2907	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$568	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$964	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$392	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1324	$408
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	61	43
😀 Quality of life	79	55
🏙️ Population	605K	1.4M

The cost of living in Riga is 29% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4672nd and 6109th ($1169 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Latvia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Latvia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Riga compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 580th and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Riga	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.53	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.2	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.97	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$510	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$922	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$181	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1763	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.67	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.5	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.86	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.61	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.08	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.4	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$547	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13962	$7750

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Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1377
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1111
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$856
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$893
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$946
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$999
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$902
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$923
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1102
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1151
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$966
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$950
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$899
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1029
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$817
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$856
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1120
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1191
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1341
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$886
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$440
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1447
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$871
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1278
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$973
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1061
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1525
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$979
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1363
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$846
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1936
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$2023
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$390
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1057
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1363

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$875
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$568
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$741
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$575
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$617
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$629
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1005
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$684
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$581
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$644
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1380
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$676
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$646
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$637
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$447
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$806
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$729
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$605
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$648
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$602
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$561
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$619
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$574
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$573
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$601
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$603
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$515
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$628
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$502
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$577
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$589
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$760
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$537
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$623
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1067
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$629
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$594