Cost of living comparison

 Montenegro
compared to
 Serbia
Serbia vs. Montenegro Cost of Living Summary
Serbia vs. Montenegro Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Serbia instead of Montenegro, you would:

pay 26.0% less for restaurants

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.31
€9.73
$7.13
RSD718
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.81
€7.58
$7.64
RSD770
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.10
€1.80
$1.60
RSD161

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pay 15.0% less for groceries

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Bread
1 loaf
$0.98
€0.85
$0.70
RSD71
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.01
€3.45
$3.97
RSD400
Milk (1 gallon) $5.18
€4.45
$4.84
RSD487

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pay 15.9% less for transportation

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.10
€5.25
$6.22
RSD627
Monthly public transit pass $39.06
€33.59
$23.52
RSD2,369
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,888.35
€23,982.58
$28,112.26
RSD2,831,579

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pay 27.2% less for housing

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$29.16
€25.08
$23.16
RSD2,333
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $691.39
€594.56
$353.21
RSD35,577
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $536.29
€461.18
$242.83
RSD24,459

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pay 38.0% less for childcare

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $385.16
€331.22
$238.41
RSD24,013
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,661.10
€7,448.12
$5,379.39
RSD541,834

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pay 26.4% less for entertainment and sports

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.71
€2.33
$2.03
RSD204
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.26
€1.94
$1.68
RSD169
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.12
€3.54
$3.80
RSD383

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pay 21.2% less for clothing

 
Montenegro
Serbia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$83.30
€71.63
$73.17
RSD7,370
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$45.33
€38.98
$35.45
RSD3,571
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$104.82
€90.14
$92.31
RSD9,298

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