New York City vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$1581
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	38
😀 Quality of life	95	76
🏙️ Population	8.8M	767K

The cost of living in New York City is 255% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 3rd and 4331st ($4441 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.2 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 22nd and 843rd 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	$29.7	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$10861

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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