Omaha vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Omaha	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2068	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5023	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$2227	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4141	$1581
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	75	38
😀 Quality of life	88	76
🏙️ Population	486K	767K

The cost of living in Omaha is 65% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 1666th and 4331st ($2068 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Omaha ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 242nd and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Omaha vs Zagreb

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	Omaha	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1708	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1801	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.5	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.97	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.9	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.9	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$917	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24732	$10861

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Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979

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