Raleigh vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Raleigh	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2317	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5372	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$1430	$451
🏘️ Family rent	$2327	$763
🍽️ Food expenses	$612	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$51.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	47
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	468K	276K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 142% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 1246th and 5994th ($2317 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1054th and 2nd in the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check the United States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Raleigh ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 245th and 5011th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Sarajevo

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	Raleigh	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$9.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$8.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.67	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$6.02	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$2.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1562	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$704
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1919	$501
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$24.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$3347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2208	$2388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$3.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.71	$4.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$137	$29.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$4.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1374	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24650	$3948

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$819
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$721
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$682
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$741
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$924
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1193
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1744
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$965
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$992
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$888
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1288
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1673
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1156
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$990
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1566
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$629
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1066
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1571
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1206
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$723
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$851
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1150
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1160
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1173
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1378
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$948
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1191
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1150
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$839
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1119
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$571
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$676
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1124
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1457
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1171
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$694
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1031
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$923