Chicago vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	38
😀 Quality of life	95	76
🏙️ Population	2.75M	767K

The cost of living in Chicago is 114% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 529th and 4331st ($2678 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd and 4th in the United States and Croatia, respectively. Check the United States vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 23rd and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Zagreb

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	Chicago	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$10861

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747