San Jose, United States vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Jose	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3810	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8485	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$2688	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$4744	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$759	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6191	$794
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	47
😀 Quality of life	92	62
🏙️ Population	1.01M	276K

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 379% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 8th and 6461st ($3810 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check the United States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in San Jose, United States compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. San Jose, United States ranked 11th best city to live in the United States vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 82nd and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, United States vs Sarajevo

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	San Jose	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$100	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.89	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2643	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2388	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4230	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.8	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9512	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.5	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.73	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.05	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$129	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.6	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1805	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25839	$2856

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768