Summary of cost of living in Tirana, Albania:
Restaurants | Edit | Range |
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 1,000.00 Lek | |
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 5,000.00 Lek | |
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 800.00 Lek | |
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 250.00 Lek | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 350.00 Lek | |
Cappuccino (regular) | 169.54 Lek | |
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 142.84 Lek | |
Water (12 oz small bottle) | 75.92 Lek | |
Markets | Edit | |
Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 701.30 Lek | |
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 84.57 Lek | |
Rice (white), (1 lb) | 89.36 Lek | |
Eggs (regular) (12) | 333.08 Lek | |
Local Cheese (1 lb) | 525.36 Lek | |
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 316.44 Lek | |
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 622.37 Lek | |
Apples (1 lb) | 66.10 Lek | |
Banana (1 lb) | 106.53 Lek | |
Oranges (1 lb) | 80.47 Lek | |
Tomato (1 lb) | 80.40 Lek | |
Potato (1 lb) | 46.39 Lek | |
Onion (1 lb) | 52.27 Lek | |
Lettuce (1 head) | 120.24 Lek | |
Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 63.51 Lek | |
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 1,000.00 Lek | |
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 126.91 Lek | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 187.35 Lek | |
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 350.00 Lek | |
Transportation | Edit | |
One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 40.00 Lek | |
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 1,600.00 Lek | |
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 300.00 Lek | |
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 482.80 Lek | |
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 1,400.00 Lek | |
Gasoline (1 gallon) | 715.54 Lek | |
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 2,951,351.69 Lek | |
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 3,025,067.74 Lek | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit | |
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 9,443.19 Lek | |
Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data | 1,488.53 Lek | |
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 1,665.12 Lek | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit | |
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 4,295.71 Lek | |
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 2,307.43 Lek | |
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 800.00 Lek | |
Childcare | Edit | |
Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 23,671.99 Lek | |
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 464,001.94 Lek | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit | |
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 5,944.98 Lek | |
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 4,428.24 Lek | |
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 9,314.20 Lek | |
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 12,490.64 Lek | |
Rent Per Month | Edit | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 55,856.97 Lek | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 37,435.81 Lek | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 108,117.52 Lek | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 66,425.49 Lek | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 26,532.82 Lek | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 13,090.97 Lek | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit | |
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 64,315.83 Lek | |
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 5.91 |
Cost of Living in Kamez (Kamze) | 6.01 miles |
Cost of Living in Fushe-kruje | 13.79 miles |
Cost of Living in Vore | 18.00 miles |
Cost of Living in Shijak | 19.95 miles |
Cost of Living in Mamurras | 21.11 miles |
Cost of Living in Durres | 23.55 miles |
Cost of Living in Lac | 25.93 miles |
Cost of Living in Milot | 31.38 miles |
Cost of Living in Kavaje | 33.11 miles |
Cost of Living in Elbasan | 34.83 miles |
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Maybe the first point you made is true in some places, but the other 3 are total bullshit.
- ugliest beaches on the Adriatic coast
- no one speaks proper English at the airport
- ridiculous laws such as forbidden gossip, criticizing restaurants etc.
It says everything.
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People, you need to stop watching movies. Albania is a great country, with all the limitations from a country in Balkans. That is; high poverty, low income. What else you expected?
There's even people saying "51,148.55Lek, meanwhile the average salary after taxes is around 50,000.00Lek, how is this possible?".
For your information, that's the case of most of third-world countries (that is, most countries in the world). Take a look to Latin-America...The world is not just North America-Western Europe
Bloating prices and lowering income (as if u live there) does not paint the picture. Sorry to say, but sites like these are designed to throw crap, not to mirror reality. As anyone can tell from the comments here
Rents are quite expensive for what you get paid.
Food is also expensive for the salary you get.
Yes this is true and keep in mind that these are just averages, usually wage is less than 40,000 Lek. To survive a lot of people has some family members working abroad and bringing money.
PS: I am talking before Russia-Ukraine war. Now prices has raised quite a lot.
Expenses for a single person is: 51,148.55Lek, meanwhile the average salary after taxes is around 50,000.00Lek.
That means you need to take debt in order to pay for your expenses
Politicians, drug dealers and criminals that made money in non legal way are doing money laundring on buildings, so you see a lot of buildings being built everywhere without any concepting. Weak and ugly building where prices are up starting from 200k euro for a 2+1 of 100m2, we also have apartments around 600k euro for a 2+1 of 130-140m2 in the "Liqeni Artificial" red building, we wonder who can buy that apartment in Albania if salaries are lower than in other countries where you can have better houses with better prices.
The Americans that visited Albania are telling the truth and this is how I know.I moved from Los Angeles to Tirana as a retired American. I lived in Tirana for 5 years and I'm leaving Tirana May 2021 when my lease is up. Being from Las Angeles CA I'm very open minded and liberal.
After living in Tirana almost 5 years now I fully understand how Americans feel too and I've never judged anyone. I've been very nice and respectful to everyone around me.During my time here in Tirana I've been unable to make one friend.But instead attacked verbally many times because I'm an American and randomly attacked physically by two Albanian men just walking around daytime for no reasons at all. I'm not going to miss Albania due to the hateful rhetoric spewed towards Americans here.Very bad vibes in Albania and not my thing,goodbye.
As of January 23,2021 786 new cases and 604 cases each day over the past 7 days of covid19. Since Albania doesn't have a large population it won't take much to eliminate the population a good thing.
About this its in Albanian gene,second,gossiping is what Albanians do best thats what Albanians do all day in coffee shops.if you want to find something bad to say about this country try find somethig that is real we have got our fair share of bad things like any other country but not this stupid things,no offense buttheyare really stupid things to invent your imagination need some exercise.one more thing Albania is really cheap if you want it to be, welcoming and really safe with welcoming people.i am albanian but i am not taking sides, its the truth.