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United Kingdom vs. Latvia Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 84.0% more expensive than Latvia overall.

Restaurants
pay 57.5% more in United Kingdom
Groceries
pay 30.0% more in United Kingdom
Transportation
pay 91.0% more in United Kingdom
Housing
pay 2.8 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare
pay 2.4 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports
pay 83.5% more in United Kingdom
Clothing
pay 11.5% more in United Kingdom

The cost of housing, childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and groceries in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Latvia. Notably, housing, childcare, and transportation are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom vs. Latvia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Latvia, you would:

pay 57.5% more for restaurants

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.94
€10.61
$21.32
£16.10
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.15
€7.24
$10.25
£7.74
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.51
€1.34
$2.54
£1.92
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pay 30.0% more for groceries

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.29
€1.14
$1.67
£1.26
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.22
€4.64
$4.62
£3.49
Milk (1 gallon) $4.36
€3.88
$6.01
£4.54
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pay 91.0% more for transportation

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.10
€6.31
$7.59
£5.73
Monthly public transit pass $38.26
€33.99
$99.20
£74.91
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,434.34
€23,482.58
$37,629.43
£28,414.59
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pay 2.8 times more for housing

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $17.53
€15.57
$41.42
£31.28
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $356.67
€316.85
$1,299.59
£981.34
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $264.56
€235.02
$1,069.01
£807.23
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pay 2.4 times more for childcare

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $488.72
€434.15
$1,589.10
£1,199.96
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,452.35
€13,726.88
$23,025.39
£17,386.84
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pay 83.5% more for entertainment and sports

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.53
€4.02
$6.50
£4.91
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.14
€2.79
$4.66
£3.52
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $6.10
€5.42
$22.34
£16.87
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pay 11.5% more for clothing

 
Latvia
United Kingdom
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $66.25
€58.85
$85.37
£64.46
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $39.10
€34.73
$44.93
£33.93
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $77.76
€69.08
$95.35
£72.00
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: October 2026

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