Riga vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riga	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2787	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$532	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$924	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.5	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1303	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	61	98
😀 Quality of life	79	93
🏙️ Population	605K	1.97M

The cost of living in Riga is 40% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4764th and 2270th ($1113 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Latvia and Austria, respectively. Check Latvia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 596th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Vienna

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	Riga	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$915	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2774	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1723	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.97	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.81	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.15	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$488	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13840	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987