Raleigh vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Raleigh	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2757	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6734	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$1795	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$3490	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$671	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4345	$733
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	82
😀 Quality of life	87	66
🏙️ Population	468K	5.38M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 240% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 304th and 6353rd ($2757 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 266th and 3rd in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Raleigh compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Raleigh ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 235th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Saint Petersburg

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	Raleigh	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.28	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1793	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3656	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3034	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$83.7	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9360	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4247	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.29	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.05	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.01	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.52	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.24	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.53	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.2	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22084	$6504

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2313
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1731
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2271
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2161
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2112
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2163
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2071
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2159
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2236
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2063
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2031
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1787
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2084
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2084
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1947
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2098
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2053
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2020
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2052
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2056
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2082
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2105
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2139
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2074
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1929
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2112
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$2056
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2191
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2014
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2441
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2229
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2218
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1857

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438