Raleigh vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	86
😀 Quality of life	90	99
🏙️ Population	468K	2.79M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 6% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 1213th and 918th ($2327 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 2nd in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 212th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Toronto

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	Raleigh	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043