Cost of Living in Bihac, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 28, 2026 Last changed Oct 31, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing $356 $218 $256 $172 $65

Utilities — $120 $155 $92 —

Internet & Mobile 4 10 $30 $54 $75 $54 $13

Groceries $59 $157 $311 $117 $5

Transportation $53 $48 $95 $47 $10

Dining Out 8 $344 $121 $248 $40 $17

Leisure Activities 19 20 $48 $39 $577 $34 $8

Health Insurance 5 $68 $40 $120 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 6 — $7 $14 — —

Total $958 $804 $1,851 $556 $120

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 3 $258.26 per month

Coworking Space 7 $109.05 per month

Airbnb (1 month) $258.26 per month

Coliving Space $114.75 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 14 $0.86 per cup

Beer 24 $2.47 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 8 $5.74 per meal

Fast Food Combo $6.89 per meal

Apples 12 $0.57 per kg

Bread 15 $1.84 per loaf

Milk 11 $1.23 per liter

Rice 16 $2.37 per kg

Chicken Fillets $7.46 per kg

Beef $16.07 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 17 $10.33 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) $13.77 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 13 $1.20 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 18 $1.15 per trip

Taxi per km 18 $1.15 per km

Monthly Transport Pass $31.70 per month

Gasoline 9 $1.96 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 18 $6.89 per trip

Scooter Rental 23 $58.37 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 4 $20.09 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 10 $34.38 per month

Gym Membership 19 $28.69 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $10.04 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 4 $18.19 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 20 $5.17 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $38.00 per pair

Summer Dress $32.00 per dress

Running Shoes $83.30 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 22 $5.74 per visit

Laundry — per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 21 $22.96 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) $4.59 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 28, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 1.7424 BAM on Oct 19, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Sarajevo, Hanoi, Berlin, Zagreb

Livingcost Bihać cross-check (Jun 2026; not sole cite on core lines)Index
CBBH USD middle rate 1.742397 BAM (country prep)Official
Ozimice furnished 65 m² 1BR 450 KM/month (12-mo min.)Listings
BH Telecom Ultra Tourist eSIM 31.70–51.70 KMOfficial
SafetyWing Essential USD 62.72 per 4 weeksOfficial
Temporary residence approval 150 KM (item 15)Official
Adverto dedicated desk BAM 150–230/monthListings
Bihać desetka u cijeloj lepinji 10 KMSecondary
FMT FBiH average Super 95 3.41 KM/L (20 Oct 2026)Secondary
BH Telecom netFlat M 39.90 KM/mo; netFlat L 59.90 KMOfficial
Meggle UHT milk 1 L 2.15 KMShop
National online-shop apples approximately 1 kg, 1 KMShop
Voda Leda 0.5 L 0.70 KMShop
Caffe Podroom Bihać kafa 1.50 KMShop
National online-shop wholemeal loaf 400 g, 3.20 KMShop
National online-shop Podravka long-grain rice 800 g, 3.30 KMShop
Domano Merlot bottle 18.00 KMShop
Krajina Taxi Bihać start 2 KM; 2 KM/kmOfficial
Nahla Fitness Bihać monthly 50 KMOfficial
CineStar Bihać ordinary 2D ticket before 17:00, 9 KMOfficial
Poliklinika Muminović opći pregled doktora 40 KMOfficial
Haar-Studio Dijana Bihać men’s haircut 10 KMOfficial
BeeBee e-scooter 0.99 KM + 0.20 KM/min (scooter proxy)Official
Euro Caffe Bihać Karlovačko 0.33 L 3.00 KMShop

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 589.66 258.26
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 265.35 258.26
- Apples 1.06 0.57
- Beef 7.67 16.07
- Beer 1.47 2.47
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- Bread 0.88 1.84
- Chicken Fillets 5.31 7.46
- Cinema Ticket 5.31 5.17
- Coffee 1.47 0.86
- Coliving Space 265.35 114.75
- Coworking Space 88.45 109.05
- Dining Out local 56.61, nomad 663.36, expat 117.93, family 117.93, tourist 44.22 local 40.18, nomad 344.4, expat 120.54, family 247.94, tourist 17.22
- Doctor Visit (GP) 23.59 22.96
- Fast Food Combo 5.9 6.89
- Gasoline 1.36 1.96
- Groceries local 147.41, nomad 88.45, expat 235.86, family 471.73, tourist 0 local 117, nomad 59, expat 157, family 311, tourist 5
- Gym Membership 20.64 28.69
- Haircut 5.9 5.74
- Health Insurance local 17.69, nomad 88.45, expat 88.45, family 235.86, tourist 0 local 0, nomad 68.13, expat 40, family 120, tourist 2.27
- Housing local 206.38, nomad 589.66, expat 294.83, family 412.76, tourist 70.76 local 172.06, nomad 355.89, expat 218.09, family 256, tourist 65
- Internet & Mobile local 29.48, nomad 58.97, expat 58.97, family 70.76, tourist 0 local 54.47, nomad 29.67, family 74.56, tourist 12.74
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 20.64 34.38
- Jeans 38.33 38
- Laundry 4.72 not set
- Leisure Activities local 23.59, nomad 117.93, expat 117.93, family 176.9, tourist 11.79 local 33.86, nomad 47.91, expat 38.73, family 577, tourist 8
- Meal (Inexpensive) 4.72 5.74
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 35.38 13.77
- Milk 0.77 1.23
- Mobile Plan 10.61 20.09
- Monthly Transport Pass 20.64 31.7
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 4.72 4.59
- Rice 1.18 2.37
- Ride-hailing (5km) 4.13 6.89
- Running Shoes 58.97 83.3
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7.08 18.19
- Scooter Rental 14.74 58.37
- Summer Dress 26.53 32
- Taxi Start 1.47 1.15
- Taxi per km 0.59 1.15
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 10.61 10.04
- Transportation local 17.69, nomad 58.97, expat 29.48, family 265.35 local 47, nomad 52.5, expat 48, family 95, tourist 10
- Utilities local 70.76, nomad 0, expat 88.45, family 147.41, tourist 0 local 92.15, nomad 0, expat 120, family 155, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 29.48, expat 23.59, family 29.48 local 0, expat 7.17, family 14.35
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.47 1.2
- Wine (Mid-range) 7.08 10.33
Fix pass corrected units, current price-page inputs, unsupported citations, borrowed-price descriptions and reproducible arithmetic for Apartment (1 bedroom), Coworking Space, Coffee, Beer, Meal (Inexpensive), Fast Food Combo, Apples, Bread, Milk, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Taxi Start, Taxi per km, Monthly Transport Pass, Gasoline, Mobile Plan, Internet (60 Mbps+), Gym Membership, Tennis Court (Weekend), Cinema Ticket, Jeans, Summer Dress, Running Shoes, Housing, Utilities, Internet & Mobile, Groceries, Transportation, Dining Out, Leisure Activities, Health Insurance, Visa & Legal Fees, Airbnb (1 month), Coliving Space, Meal (Mid-range, 2 people), Water (1.5L bottle), Ride-hailing (5km), Scooter Rental, SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid), Haircut, Laundry, Doctor Visit (GP), Pharmacy (basic meds). Unchecked light-depth budgets are identified in Findings and Not verified; Laundry lacks a defensible per-kilogram conversion (bhtelecom.ba, cinestarcinemas.ba, cjenovnik.ba, isplatise.ba).

Bihac cost of living