Riga vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riga	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2787	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$532	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$924	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.5	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1303	$745
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	61	19
😀 Quality of life	79	38
🏙️ Population	605K	7.01M

The cost of living in Riga is 75% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4764th and 7314th ($1113 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 137th in Latvia and China, respectively. Check Latvia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Riga compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Riga ranked 1st best city to live in Latvia vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 596th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riga vs Zhumadian

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	Riga	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$915	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2774	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1723	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.97	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.81	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.15	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$488	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13840	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504