Raleigh vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Raleigh	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2317	$1810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5372	$4092
🏠 One person rent	$1430	$1069
🏘️ Family rent	$2327	$1869
🍽️ Food expenses	$612	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	82	39
😀 Quality of life	89	76
🏙️ Population	468K	6.44K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 28% more expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 1246th and 2829th ($2317 vs $1810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1054th and 3rd in the United States and Malta, respectively. Check the United States vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Raleigh ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 245th and 1410th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Raleigh vs Valletta

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

	Raleigh	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$80.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.67	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$6.02	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$2.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1562	$1157
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$2066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1919	$1605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$85.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$4792
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2208	$4205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$24.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$3.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$3.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.71	$6.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$4.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$61.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$137	$20.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$144
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1374	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24650	$12962

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	$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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$2130
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1857
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1715
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1749
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1783
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1512
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1688
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1739
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1568
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1342
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$1101
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1224
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1279
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1101
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1318
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1198
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1308
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1235
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1185
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1077
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1373
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$513
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$586
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$457
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$495
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1452
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1268
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$316
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$606
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$364
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$394
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$367
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$456
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$620
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$537
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1245
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1342
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$372
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$388