Raleigh vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	61
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	468K	581K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 65% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1213th and 4221st ($2327 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 1st in the United States and Lithuania, respectively. Check the United States vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 212th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Raleigh	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522