Mumbai vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mumbai	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$716	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1992	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$409	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$1100	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.1	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$903	$4749
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	82	82
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	15.4M	468K

The cost of living in Mumbai is 70% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6818th and 972nd ($716 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 892nd in India and the United States, respectively. Check India vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Mumbai compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Mumbai ranked 1st best city to live in India vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 2865th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mumbai vs Raleigh

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	Mumbai	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.6	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.61	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$869	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.4	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.78	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.09%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6631	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3058	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.59	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.97	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.15	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.28	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.1	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.6	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3007	$21914

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Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682