Cost of Living in Yerevan

I'm 30 years old, born and raised in Yerevan, right in the center (100 meters from Republic Square). From 2013 to 2024, I lived in Moscow, Russia. I have friends who now live in Europe. It's been two years since I returned to my homeland. So what I'm about to tell you isn't my subjective thoughts, but real experience—to make it clear who's lying and why. Life in central Yerevan (and I don't recommend living further than the center if you're coming from a modern country) is truly not the cheapest pleasure, even compared to Moscow prices. In the 10 years I've been away, my country has truly transformed from a third-world country into a modern and safe one, where I now live more comfortably than in the megalopolis of Moscow. For $10,000 a month, I couldn't feel as happy and comfortable in another country as I do here for $2,000 a month. Here, no one is rushing anywhere; everyone is relaxed, living their lives the way they want, not the way they have to. In Yerevan, you can have coffee on the way to work in the morning, work, have lunch at a modern cafe, stroll through the beautiful downtown in the evening, see friends, spend time with family, and not use a car or spend a lot of money. If your car breaks down on the road, 1,000 people will stop to help you. The police only stop you if there's a real violation. When talking to anyone, they're incredibly polite; once, someone even wanted to help me take a flat tire to a tire shop. No matter how high the prices, I realized one thing: now (2025), if there are four people in a family (husband, wife, two children), and both husband and wife are educated and working, you can live comfortably without denying yourself anything. Anyone writing here that Yerevan is too expensive probably came here from some very poor country where the average salary ranges from $100 to $300 per month. Yes, Yerevan is not a cheap city, because it is a democratic and free country with a comfortable life.

Most of the prices listed here are lower than they truly are. Numbeo does not allow adjustments to reflect the actual prices, while locals attempt to mask the high cost of living in Yerevan by artificially lowering the reported prices of goods and services. In reality, all goods and services are, on average, 10 to 40 percent more expensive, depending on the specific product or service. Do not be misled by exaggerated claims such as: 'This is paradise, and everything here is much better than anywhere else.' If that were true, over one and a half million Armenian citizens would not have emigrated from Armenia in the past 35 years.

Totally agree with Holy's comments as stated below:

"Yerevan is unjustifiably expensive! The basic costs for a single person (without rent) are around $800-900. Groceries are expensive, restaurants are expensive (on average 10,000 AMD per breakfast for two people), any activity you want to do (gym, yoga, swimming pool, etc.) is expensive. And I'm not even going to mention the rent, which is just too overpriced and with crappy furniture.
I honestly can't wrap my head around the prices here, not sure how locals are surviving! "

"Also, not mentioning constant water, electricity, gas cut offs that happen almost every week. And that’s in a country’s capital!"

Armenia is heaven on earth, I recently spent a month there, restaurants are amazingly cheap, and to top it off, everything is organic and smells delicious, even greens, tomatoes cucumbers, ahh I miss it so much, I am planning to move there and experience over 3000 years of nature, history and beauty, lush mountains and forests, monasteries and old villages, let me also remind all who might be interested that the people are the nicest from anywhere around the globe and if you are walking around the city with the rest of the tourists and locals in the wee hours of the night, you will be safe, trust me, locals are always ready to help a tourist out without any expectations.

We lived in Yerevan, Arabkir district, and our tap water was being cut off regularly every two weeks for a day or two. Sometimes even more often.
Just imagine - it's summer, +35 degrees Celsius outside, and there's no water to shower or to cook. We had to go to a gym in another district that had water just to take a shower.

Another example, I work remotely, so I need electricity and Internet. There were days when we got electricity cutoffs for the whole day (thus, no Internet), and I was forced to find a place (a cafe or coworking space) to just work.

I'm from Yerevan no utilities are ever off so stop lieing.

Yerevan is unjustifiably expensive! The basic costs for a single person (without rent) are around $800-900. Groceries are expensive, restaurants are expensive (on average 10,000 AMD per breakfast for two people), any activity you want to do (gym, yoga, swimming pool, etc.) is expensive. And I'm not even going to mention the rent, which is just too overpriced and with crappy furniture.
I honestly can't wrap my head around the prices here, not sure how locals are surviving!

Currently I spend with my wife around 250k amd for living + 230k amd rent for 2 bedroom apps. And this is basic living with a little of fun at the weekend (like pizza with friends and some beer). Clothes, any tech stuff etc - it's all out of that "basic" I mentioned

Crazy country to live in if you are working here
Your salary even wouldn't be sufficient to pay the rent of a normal studio
Stay away from Yerevan if you think you can work and live like a local it's a trap when you see the lower prices, the the minimum wage of 150$ A MONTH!

Who would want to live in a freezer like Armenia? Hookers are dirt cheap though an added bonus.

Apartments fully furnished in Yerevan city center are normally 140,000.