Raleigh vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Raleigh	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2317	$1461
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5372	$3425
🏠 One person rent	$1430	$800
🏘️ Family rent	$2327	$1319
🍽️ Food expenses	$612	$439
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$91.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1925
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	59
😀 Quality of life	89	84
🏙️ Population	468K	581K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 59% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1246th and 4193rd ($2317 vs $1461) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1054th 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 64th best city to live in the United States vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 245th and 543rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Vilnius

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	Raleigh	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$64.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.67	$5.55
☕ Cappuccino	$6.02	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1562	$757
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$575
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$1394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1919	$949
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$264
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$6285
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2208	$3555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$42.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.71	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$4.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$2.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$137	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$82.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$99.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1374	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24650	$10967

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$890
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$907
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1279
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$1003
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$947
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$1012
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$399
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$952
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1133
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$836
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$568
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$1001
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$912
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1184
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$628
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1214
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$908
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$853
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1027
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$1062
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1423
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1106
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$484
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$919
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$589
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$450
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$335
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$944
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1060
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$622
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1028
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$994
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1068
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1569