New York City vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$1487
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$3493
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$783
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$1306
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$1896
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	39
😀 Quality of life	95	78
🏙️ Population	8.8M	767K

The cost of living in New York City is 183% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 4th and 4035th ($4202 vs $1487) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 15th and 835th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Zagreb

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	New York City	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$58.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$983
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$5126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$3295
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$9.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$5.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$8.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$50.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$546
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$12142

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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

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1265
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1072
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1188
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1347
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1279
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1396
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1043
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$911
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$661
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$733
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1719
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$586
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1342
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1431
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1436
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$972
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$893
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1752
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1659
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$917
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1170
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1189
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1372
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1409
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1648
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1381
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1409
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1029
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1533
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$667
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$1124
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1517
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1169
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1172
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$978