Belgrade vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$622	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	51	5
😀 Quality of life	71	34
🏙️ Population	1.2M	115K

The cost of living in Belgrade is 175% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4605th and 8915th ($1160 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Serbia and Bhutan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 2157th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Belgrade vs Thimphu infographic

Share this infographic!

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/thimphu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Belgrade vs Thimphu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/belgrade/thimphu" target="_blank">Belgrade vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Belgrade vs Thimphu

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

	Belgrade	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$666

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300