Cost of living comparison
Riga is 38.0% more expensive than Tirana.
If you lived in Riga instead of Tirana, you would:
pay 13.0% more for restaurants
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.76
ALL992
|
$11.91
€10.95
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.91
ALL729
|
$8.12
€7.47
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.61
ALL149
|
$1.59
€1.46
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.84
ALL77
|
$1.17
€1.08
|
|
pay 0.4% less for groceries
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.98
ALL90
|
$1.45
€1.34
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.08
ALL561
|
$5.46
€5.02
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.55
ALL696
|
$4.69
€4.31
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.58
ALL330
|
$2.74
€2.52
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.61
ALL333
|
$3.16
€2.90
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.68
ALL63
|
$0.68
€0.63
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.11
ALL102
|
$0.82
€0.75
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.82
ALL75
|
$1.02
€0.93
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.84
ALL77
|
$1.44
€1.33
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.50
ALL46
|
$0.38
€0.35
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.56
ALL52
|
$0.48
€0.44
|
|
pay 5.6% more for transportation
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.77
ALL716
|
$6.87
€6.32
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.22
ALL1,587
|
$32.49
€29.86
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,292.78
ALL2,330,683
|
$26,803.93
€24,636.83
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$29.06
ALL2,678
|
$11.37
€10.45
|
|
pay 54.6% more for housing
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$17.40
ALL1,603
|
$16.37
€15.04
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$568.58
ALL52,393
|
$539.93
€496.27
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$380.80
ALL35,090
|
$363.88
€334.46
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$77.97
ALL7,185
|
$260.18
€239.14
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for childcare
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$235.39
ALL21,690
|
$493.19
€453.32
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,857.15
ALL447,578
|
$13,245.77
€12,174.85
|
|
pay 47.4% more for entertainment and sports
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.69
ALL248
|
$4.87
€4.48
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.81
ALL167
|
$3.33
€3.06
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.77
ALL347
|
$5.33
€4.90
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$44.86
ALL4,134
|
$46.87
€43.08
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.61
ALL793
|
$10.83
€9.95
|
|
pay 4.8% more for clothing
Tirana
|
Riga
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$64.36
ALL5,931
|
$85.73
€78.80
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$48.67
ALL4,485
|
$44.35
€40.77
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$95.47
ALL8,797
|
$92.66
€85.16
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$125.92
ALL11,603
|
$123.25
€113.29
|
|
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