Raleigh vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Raleigh	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$1254
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5984	$2954
🏠 One person rent	$1542	$650
🏘️ Family rent	$2792	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$388
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4931	$1684
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	82	38
😀 Quality of life	89	77
🏙️ Population	468K	767K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 97% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 806th and 4447th ($2477 vs $1254) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 719th and 4th in the United States and Croatia, respectively. Check the United States vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Raleigh compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Raleigh ranked 49th best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 202nd and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Zagreb

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	Raleigh	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.6	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$3.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.49	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1570	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1231	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2956	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2331	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7431	$4189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$3073
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.2	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.69
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.08	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.71	$5.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$3.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.23	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.4	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$7.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$91.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1530	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22229	$10598

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1142
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$926
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1147
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$999
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1146
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1143
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1217
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$618
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$663
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1500
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$566
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1174
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1270
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1397
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1764
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$802
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$745
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1770
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1362
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$789
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1188
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$851
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1361
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1247
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1674
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1347
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1424
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1061
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1265
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$641
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$883
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1366
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$890
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$860
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$780