Belgrade vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Belgrade	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1349	$4202
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3200	$9189
🏠 One person rent	$719	$2718
🏘️ Family rent	$1228	$4417
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$842
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$400
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1238	$5389
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	100
😀 Quality of life	73	95
🏙️ Population	1.2M	8.8M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 68% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4429th and 4th ($1349 vs $4202) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and the United States, respectively. Check Serbia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 2274th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/belgrade/new-york.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Belgrade vs New York City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/belgrade/new-york" target="_blank">Belgrade vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Belgrade vs New York City

Prices for goods and services in Belgrade and New York City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Belgrade	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.2	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$13.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$737	$3692
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$2206
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1331	$5140
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$899	$3874
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.3	$70.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	6.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5349	$18073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3213	$7831
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$4.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$5.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$6.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$6.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$6.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$19.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$4.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$18.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.02	$23.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$8.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$2.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$132
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.31	$21.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.58	$40.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$421	$2095
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11454	$21713

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1168
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$841
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$932
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$826
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$1000
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$722
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$710
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$848
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$1076
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1169
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$709
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$915
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$667
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$832
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$1067
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$949
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$673
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$957
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$594
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$581
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1119
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$643
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$978
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$824
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1189
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1093
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$696
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$1019
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$718
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1092
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$972
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$941
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$758
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1139
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$914
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$893

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192