Raleigh vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	82	52
😀 Quality of life	90	89
🏙️ Population	468K	686K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 127% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1213th and 5380th ($2327 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 315th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 212th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Shizuoka

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	Raleigh	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$19584

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068