Raleigh vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Raleigh	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2317	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5372	$2964
🏠 One person rent	$1430	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$2327	$988
🍽️ Food expenses	$612	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$970
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	82	47
😀 Quality of life	89	63
🏙️ Population	468K	1.26M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 81% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 1246th and 4609th ($2317 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1054th and 11th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 0.8 months in Zapopan. Raleigh ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 245th and 5628th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Zapopan

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	Raleigh	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$44.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.67	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$6.02	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1562	$767
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$417
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$1247
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1919	$721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$82.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$34.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$6090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2208	$584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$2.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$2.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.71	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$137	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$9.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1374	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24650	$6389

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$990
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$806
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$746
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$885
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1023
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$899
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$914
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$920
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$956
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$946
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$910
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1202
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$817
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$952
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$664
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$894
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$926
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$803
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$866
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1241
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1044
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$747
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1102
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$986