Cost of living comparison
Apia is 20.6% more expensive than Riga.
If you lived in Apia instead of Riga, you would:
pay 2.4 times more for restaurants
Riga
|
Apia
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.72
€10.28
|
$59.13
WST165.55
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.33
€7.99
|
$10.72
WST30.01
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.44
€1.38
|
$2.14
WST6.00
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.19
€1.14
|
$1.52
WST4.26
|
|
pay 8.2% less for groceries
Riga
|
Apia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.56
€1.50
|
$0.71
WST1.98
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.73
€5.49
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.85
€4.65
|
$6.70
WST18.76
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.86
€2.74
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.19
€3.05
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.67
€0.64
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.84
€0.80
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.07
€1.03
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.52
€1.46
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.42
€0.40
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.42
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Riga
|
Apia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.77
€6.49
|
?? | |
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.15
€30.83
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$28,026.61
€26,871.15
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$11.25
€10.79
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for housing
Riga
|
Apia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$17.68
€16.95
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$536.44
€514.32
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$367.73
€352.57
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$244.58
€234.50
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Riga
|
Apia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$538.03
€515.84
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$13,487.73
€12,931.67
|
?? |
pay 20.8% less for entertainment and sports
Riga
|
Apia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.82
€4.62
|
$5.36
WST15.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.39
€3.25
|
$1.61
WST4.50
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.25
€5.04
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$46.01
€44.11
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.72
€10.28
|
?? | |
pay 27.9% less for clothing
Riga
|
Apia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$81.84
€78.46
|
$45.56
WST127.56
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$43.77
€41.97
|
$36.45
WST102.05
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$92.38
€88.57
|
$68.34
WST191.34
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$121.02
€116.03
|
$91.11
WST255.12
|
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