Cost of Living in Zagreb

Summary of cost of living in Zagreb, Croatia:

The estimated monthly costs for a family of four are 3,268.9$ (2,810.1€), excluding rent (using our estimator).
The estimated monthly costs for a single person are 918.6$ (789.7€), excluding rent.
Zagreb is 46.8% less expensive than New York (excluding rent, see our cost of living index).
Rent in Zagreb is, on average, 80.9% lower than in New York.

Restaurants	Edit	Range
Meal at an Inexpensive Restaurant	12.00 €	9.00-20.00
Meal for Two at a Mid-Range Restaurant (Three Courses, Without Drinks)	60.00 €	50.00-120.00
Combo Meal at McDonald's (or Equivalent Fast-Food Meal)	8.00 €	6.90-10.00
Domestic Draft Beer (1 Pint)	3.00 €	2.80-4.80
Imported Beer (12 oz Small Bottle)	4.00 €	3.00-5.00
Cappuccino (Regular Size)	2.16 €	1.70-3.00
Soft Drink (Coca-Cola or Pepsi, 12 oz Small Bottle)	2.50 €	2.00-3.50
Bottled Water (12 oz)	2.17 €	2.00-2.50

Markets	Edit
Milk (Regular, 1 Liter)	1.18 €	0.89-2.00
Fresh White Bread (1 lb Loaf)	1.52 €	0.91-1.95
White Rice (1 lb)	1.18 €	0.72-1.81
Eggs (12, Large Size)	3.47 €	2.40-4.80
Local Cheese (1 lb)	5.03 €	2.95-9.07
Chicken Fillets (1 lb)	4.40 €	3.18-5.90
Beef Round or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat (1 lb)	5.23 €	3.63-9.07
Apples (1 lb)	0.77 €	0.49-1.81
Bananas (1 lb)	0.71 €	0.56-1.36
Oranges (1 lb)	0.83 €	0.45-1.36
Tomatoes (1 lb)	1.18 €	0.54-1.81
Potatoes (1 lb)	0.58 €	0.36-0.97
Onions (1 lb)	0.53 €	0.38-0.91
Lettuce (1 Head)	1.15 €	0.69-2.00
Bottled Water (50 oz)	1.14 €	0.60-2.00
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	7.00 €	6.00-15.00
Domestic Beer (16.9 oz Bottle)	1.58 €	1.10-3.00
Imported Beer (12 oz Small Bottle)	2.02 €	1.29-3.00
Cigarettes (Pack of 20, Marlboro)	5.00 €	4.80-6.00

Transportation	Edit
One-Way Ticket (Local Transport)	0.53 €	0.53-1.00
Monthly Public Transport Pass (Regular Price)	49.00 €	40.00-53.09
Taxi Start (Standard Tariff)	2.00 €	1.90-4.00
Taxi 1 mile (Standard Tariff)	1.61 €	1.45-2.14
Taxi 1 Hour Waiting (Standard Tariff)	8.90 €	6.00-11.00
Gasoline (1 Liter)	1.50 €	1.41-1.60
Volkswagen Golf 1.5 (or Equivalent New Compact Car)	29,000.00 €	26,000.00-32,928.57
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6 (or Equivalent New Mid-Size Car)	22,843.64 €	22,556.00-24,000.00

Utilities (Monthly)	Edit
Basic Utilities for 915 Square Feet Apartment (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage)	179.43 €	139.09-283.33
Mobile Phone Plan (Monthly, with Calls and 10GB+ Data)	21.06 €	12.00-33.35
Broadband Internet (Unlimited Data, 60 Mbps or Higher)	33.05 €	25.00-45.00

Sports And Leisure	Edit
Monthly Fitness Club Membership	47.67 €	30.00-60.00
Tennis Court Rental (1 Hour, Weekend)	15.68 €	10.00-19.00
Cinema Ticket (International Release)	7.50 €	7.00-10.00

Childcare	Edit
Private Full-Day Preschool or Kindergarten, Monthly Fee per Child	426.18 €	291.67-650.00
International Primary School, Annual Tuition per Child	10,464.06 €	6,000.00-18,000.00

Clothing And Shoes	Edit
Jeans (Levi's 501 or Similar)	86.73 €	30.00-120.00
Summer Dress in a Chain Store (e.g. Zara or H&M)	36.10 €	25.00-60.00
Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	85.90 €	60.00-108.00
Men's Leather Business Shoes	100.18 €	70.00-150.00

Rent Per Month	Edit
1 Bedroom Apartment in City Centre	763.33 €	650.00-1,000.00
1 Bedroom Apartment Outside of City Centre	575.52 €	500.00-750.00
3 Bedroom Apartment in City Centre	1,275.00 €	1,100.00-1,800.00
3 Bedroom Apartment Outside of City Centre	919.00 €	800.00-1,150.00

Buy Apartment Price	Edit
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre	428.41 €	327.95-557.41
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre	284.31 €	220.18-353.03

Salaries And Financing	Edit
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax)	1,669.87 €
Annual Mortgage Interest Rate (20-Year Fixed, in %)	3.22	2.80-3.90

Prices in Zagreb

This city had 1526 entries in the past 12 months by 295 different contributors.
Last update: 11 January 2026

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9 Comments so far

Anonymous on Oct 13, 2025:

@Slikar Pan

Check the official Zagreb statistics by quartiles and deciles here: https://www.zagreb.hr/userdocsimages/arhiva/statistika/2025/pla%C4%87e%202025/Place%20VII.2025_web.pdf

Less than 25% of Zagreb earns 1000 net, 75% of all employees earn more than that. Change your job.

Slikar Pan on Oct 04, 2025:

Average salary is 1000 euro. 1600 eurp is a verrrry gooood salary :)

Anonymous on Jul 02, 2024:

Absolutely not true that prices are 20% higher. It's a very simple check. Go to Konzum.hr, biggest online grocery store and search for "mlijeko" (Milk) and you'll see that you can buy it for 0.94€ while Numbeo says 1.10€. Search "jaja" (eggs) and you'll see there are options to buy for 2.39€ while Numbeo says 3.19€."Pileći file" (chicken filet) you can get it for 7.45€/kg while Numbeo says 8.70€/kg

So Numbeo displays everything more expensive than it actually is. At the same time the official average salary is at least 100€ more than what is written here.

Anonymous on Jul 01, 2024:

Zagreb native here, just wanting to say that these prices are not realistic any more. Due to inflation and switch to Euro, in 2024 you should count on adding about 20% more to the prices here.

Zlatan on Oct 31, 2023:

Prices went down even more last year, Zagreb is very affordable now.

Anonymous on Jun 16, 2022:

Where in Zagreb you can get Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) for 15.49 kn in a restaurant? And they say from 10 to 20 kn LOL for a cola in a restaurant?? I have never seen int lower than 20kn for 0,25l. The lowest you can get is 18kn in a low range restaurant ... Who on earth are "4095 entries in the past 12 months by 407 different contributors", Do they live in some parallel Zagreb?

Anonymous on Jan 17, 2022:

Average Monthly Net Salary was 8,267 kn in October 2021

https://www.zagreb.hr/userdocsimages/arhiva/statistika/2021/pla%C4%87e%202021/Pla%C4%87e%20X.%202021_web.pdf

Ivan on Feb 07, 2021:

I lived in Croatia for about 2 Years Zagreb exactly i worked in the building trade as s knaufer or gyproker IT was Well paid in croatian standards i will definetly move back,in Sydney australia now lifestyle is Way better in Zagreb the money is good here but very expensive compared to Zagreb i also Had no problem finding work in this field while living in Zagreb And was Lucky enough to have come across really good croatian people

Zg on Jan 29, 2021:

Born and raised in Zagreb. The landlords that rent out overpriced "luxury" places in the city centre are scammers. After 2 earthquakes those "luxury" places really showed their colours- they are falling apart and no one is renovating them at all, so not only would you be paying thousands of kunas for a cupboard sized apartment, but you would also be risking your life as some are older than 2 centuries.

Don't come here unless you can afford the podsljeme zone really.

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