Riga vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riga	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1254	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$592	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$1001	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$454	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.7	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1555	$1033
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	59	48
😀 Quality of life	80	64
🏙️ Population	595K	1.47M

The cost of living in Riga is 8% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4631st and 4849th ($1254 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Latvia and Russia, respectively. Check Latvia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 657th and 5361st 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	$13.8	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.15	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.81	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$564	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1006	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2218	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.74	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.76	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.76	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.2	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.7	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.8	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.7	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18197	$7933

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Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1374
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$1000
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$893
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$938
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$895
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$964
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$860
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$982
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$932
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1179
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1225
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$1054
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$974
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$938
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$1040
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$835
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$859
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1220
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1258
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$1077
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1434
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$928
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$758
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1594
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$881
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1455
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$1085
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1114
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$1016
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1597
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$1079
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1498
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$1081
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1970
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1974
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$445
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1170
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1391

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754