Raleigh vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$3141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	86
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	468K	2.79M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 3% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 972nd and 861st ($2388 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 4th 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 221st and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Raleigh vs Toronto infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/raleigh/toronto.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Raleigh vs Toronto infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/raleigh/toronto" target="_blank">Raleigh vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Raleigh vs Toronto

Prices for goods and services in Raleigh and Toronto are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Raleigh	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$17118

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095