Raleigh vs Zaragoza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Zaragoza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$1457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$3309
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$761
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$1163
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$485
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$95.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$1744
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	26
😀 Quality of life	90	77
🏙️ Population	468K	687K

The cost of living in Raleigh is 60% more expensive than in Zaragoza. Cities ranked 1213th and 4103rd ($2327 vs $1457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th and 61st in the United States and Spain, respectively. Check the United States vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.2 months in Zaragoza. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Zaragoza ranked 39th in Spain, while ranked 212th and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Raleigh vs Zaragoza infographic

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

Prices in Raleigh vs Zaragoza

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

	Raleigh	Zaragoza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$45.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$2.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$754
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$622
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$1059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$992
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$4828
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$2495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$2.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$5.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$6.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$42.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$43.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$77.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$8269

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	$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 Zaragoza

Distance	City	Cost of living
67 km or 42 mi	Huesca	$1157
76 km or 47 mi	Tudela	$1414
126 km or 78 mi	Lleida	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Pamplona	$1585
158 km or 98 mi	Logrono	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Vinaros	$1468
187 km or 116 mi	Tarragona	$1445
188 km or 117 mi	Pau	$1318
193 km or 120 mi	Tarbes	$1531
199 km or 123 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1685
200 km or 124 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1158
201 km or 125 mi	Villarreal	$1212
202 km or 125 mi	Irun	$1571
203 km or 126 mi	Errenteria	$1596
205 km or 127 mi	Cuenca	$1217
206 km or 128 mi	San Sebastian	$1673
207 km or 128 mi	Borriana	$1239
211 km or 131 mi	Zarautz	$1566
211 km or 131 mi	Biarritz	$1740
215 km or 133 mi	Eibar	$1523
218 km or 136 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Guadalajara	$1194
223 km or 138 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1408
223 km or 139 mi	Ordino	$1839
225 km or 140 mi	Manresa	$1200
225 km or 140 mi	Sagunto	$1363
241 km or 149 mi	Terrassa	$1590
241 km or 150 mi	Requena	$1407
243 km or 151 mi	Rubi	$1598
244 km or 152 mi	Burgos	$1343
245 km or 152 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1573
246 km or 153 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1557
247 km or 153 mi	Valencia	$1703
247 km or 153 mi	Bilbao	$1660
248 km or 154 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1603
249 km or 155 mi	Sabadell	$1637
250 km or 156 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1746
254 km or 158 mi	Ripollet	$1687
255 km or 159 mi	Portugalete	$1572
256 km or 159 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1581