Riga vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Riga Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1135
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2798
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$549
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$919
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$385
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$80.4
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1220
$605
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
61
46
😀 Quality of life
79
60
🏙️ Population
606K
1.47M

The cost of living in Riga is 68% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4604th and 6984th ($1135 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Latvia and Russia, respectively. Check Latvia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Riga compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 535th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Yekaterinburg

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Riga Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$9.68
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$52.8
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.58
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.97
$0.77
 Cappuccino
$3.49
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.65
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$485
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$314
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$885
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$549
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$184
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$286
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$16.7
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.14%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2627
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1636
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.61
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$33.3
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$10.2
$3.76
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.78
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.33
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.28
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.19
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.84
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.3
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.28
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.5
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.81
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.25
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.18
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.85
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.59
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.17
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.71
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.71
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$5
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$8.13
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.4
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.04
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$3
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$40.5
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.4
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$47.7
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$17.4
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$77.5
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$92.1
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$464
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$13518
$4747

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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

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632