Fuquay-Varina
- Population
- 24,000
- Coordinates
- 35.58° N, 78.80° W
- Time zone
- America/New York
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,698 a month in Fuquay-Varina, rent included: 54% less than in New York.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 5 of them have data for Fuquay-Varina; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%No data
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%66
- Cost10%14
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Fuquay-Varina | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $23.50 | $25.00 | −6% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $100 | $140 | −29% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $11.00 | $14.00 | −21% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $6.00 | $8.00 | −25% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $7.00 | $10.00 | −30% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $5.81 | $6.37 | −9% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.69 | $3.80 | −29% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.19 | $2.89 | −24% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.91 | $1.36 | −33% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.89 | $4.68 | −17% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.15 | $6.97 | −55% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.65 | $5.73 | −19% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $9.74 | $17.38 | −44% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $9.98 | $15.11 | −34% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $17.73 | $17.77 | 0% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.78 | $6.11 | −22% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.27 | $2.20 | −42% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $4.00 | $5.77 | −31% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.27 | $6.25 | −32% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.81 | $3.47 | −19% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.38 | $4.17 | −43% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.14 | $2.72 | −21% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $2.04 | $2.50 | −18% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $13.00 | $20.00 | −35% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.19 | $3.21 | −32% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.72 | $3.96 | −31% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $9.11 | $19.00 | −52% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | — | $3.00 | — |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.50 | $3.00 | −17% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.55 | $2.18 | −29% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $18.00 | $42.00 | −57% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.92 | $1.10 | −16% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,749 | $35,458 | +1% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $25,490 | $25,309 | +1% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $57.27 | $73.50 | −22% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $66.38 | $71.93 | −8% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | — | $126 | — |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $15.00 | $23.00 | −35% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,454 | $3,366 | −57% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $24,443 | $60,589 | −60% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $54.50 | $72.80 | −25% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $45.91 | $53.22 | −14% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $92.78 | $118 | −21% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $118 | $125 | −5% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | — | $4,417 | — |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | — | $3,033 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | — | $9,242 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | — | $5,461 | — |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | — | $5,178 | — |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.16% | 6.49% | −0.3 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Fewer than three months of prices so far; the trend appears once there is enough history.
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United States's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Fuquay-Varina yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Fuquay-Varina. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Fuquay-Varina on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Fuquay-Varina yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Fuquay-Varina.
Internet
United States median; city not listed- Upload
- 64Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 187Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Fuquay-Varina yet.
Cities like Fuquay-Varina
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 0Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 11 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 78%5 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026