Raleigh vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$336
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	82	20
😀 Quality of life	88	45
🏙️ Population	468K	1.29M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 414% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 972nd and 8801st ($2388 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 1st in the United States and Libya, respectively. Check the United States vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Raleigh compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 221st and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Tripoli

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	Raleigh	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058