Riga vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riga	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1270	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3141	$1663
🏠 One person rent	$619	$220
🏘️ Family rent	$1049	$365
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1509	$149
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	61	30
😀 Quality of life	82	45
🏙️ Population	605K	6.87M

The cost of living in Riga is 107% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 4556th and 7717th ($1270 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Latvia and Myanmar, respectively. Check Latvia vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 0.2 months in Yangon. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 625th and 7117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Yangon

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	Riga	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$2.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$5.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.71	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$547	$339
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$965	$597
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$691	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$26.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$40.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$22.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	12.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$2152
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1956	$939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.4	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.86	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$5.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$2.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$1.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.06	$1.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$2.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.21	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$2.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.8	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$62.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16726	$15435

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$571
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$666
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$581
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$594
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$667
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$534
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$558
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$603
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$553
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$736
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$635
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$540
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$958
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$774
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$519
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$724
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$812
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$787
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1152
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$578
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$718
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$577
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$358
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$599