Raleigh vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Raleigh	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5984	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$1542	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$2792	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4931	$846
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	82
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	468K	5.38M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 183% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 806th and 6204th ($2477 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 719th and 2nd 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Raleigh ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 202nd and 3645th 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	$18	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.6	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.49	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1231	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2956	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2331	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7431	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.08	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.71	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.23	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1530	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22229	$6847

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525