Cost of Living in Zenica, 🇧🇦 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 $316 $230 $264 $190 $55

Utilities — $120 $155 $92 —

Internet & Mobile 6 7 $30 $54 $75 $54 $13

Groceries $80 $165 $310 $117 $5

Transportation $56 $50 $95 $52 $8

Dining Out 23 $310 $109 $191 $41 $16

Leisure Activities $58 $48 $526 $39 $9

Health Insurance 8 $68 $46 $138 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 9 — $7 $14 — —

Total $918 $829 $1,768 $585 $108

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 4 5 $229.57 $201 – $258 per month

Coworking Space 12 $57.39 per month

Airbnb (1 month) $286.99 $258 – $316 per month

Coliving Space $114.75 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 22 $2.01 per cup

Beer 18 $1.23 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 23 $5.17 per meal

Fast Food Combo $8.90 per meal

Apples 15 $1.15 per kg

Bread 16 $1.84 per loaf

Milk 14 $1.23 per liter

Rice 17 $2.37 per kg

Chicken Fillets $7.46 per kg

Beef $16.07 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 25 $4.07 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 23 $32.14 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 19 $1.21 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 21 $0.86 per trip

Taxi per km 21 $0.57 per km

Monthly Transport Pass $31.80 per month

Gasoline 13 $1.96 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 21 $3.73 per trip

Scooter Rental 21 $58.37 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 6 $20.09 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $34.38 per month

Gym Membership $22.94 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $10.04 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6 $18.19 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 20 $5.17 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $38.00 per pair

Summer Dress $15.15 per dress

Running Shoes $83.30 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut $5.16 per visit

Laundry 24 $1.08 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 11 $34.44 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) $2.41 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, Tuzla, Hanoi, Zagreb, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 887.22 286.99
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 236.59 229.57
- Apples 1.18 1.15
- Beef 8.28 16.07
- Beer 1.48 1.23
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- Bread 0.71 1.84
- Chicken Fillets 5.32 7.46
- Cinema Ticket 4.14 5.17
- Coffee 1.77 2.01
- Coliving Space 236.59 114.75
- Coworking Space 70.98 57.39
- Dining Out local 59.15, nomad 591.48, expat 88.72, family 118.3, tourist 23.66 local 41.36, nomad 310.2, expat 108.57, family 190.6, tourist 15.51
- Doctor Visit (GP) 17.74 34.44
- Fast Food Combo 4.73 8.9
- Gasoline 1.66 1.96
- Groceries local 207.02, nomad 59.15, expat 236.59, family 473.18, tourist 0 local 117, nomad 80, expat 165, family 310, tourist 5
- Gym Membership 23.66 22.94
- Haircut 8.87 5.16
- Health Insurance local 17.74, nomad 35.49, expat 47.32, family 88.72, tourist 2.96 local 0, nomad 68.13, expat 45.91, family 137.74, tourist 2.27
- Housing local 207.02, nomad 532.33, expat 354.89, family 473.18, tourist 59.15 local 189.51, nomad 315.68, expat 229.51, family 264, tourist 55
- Internet & Mobile local 29.57, nomad 47.32, expat 35.49, family 47.32, tourist 2.96 local 54.47, nomad 29.67, family 74.56, tourist 12.74
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 20.7 34.38
- Jeans 47.32 38
- Laundry 4.73 1.08
- Leisure Activities local 29.57, nomad 118.3, expat 59.15, family 88.72, tourist 11.83 local 39, nomad 58, expat 48, family 526, tourist 9
- Meal (Inexpensive) 5.91 5.17
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 35.49 32.14
- Milk 0.89 1.23
- Mobile Plan 11.83 20.09
- Monthly Transport Pass 29.57 31.8
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 5.91 2.41
- Rice 1.48 2.37
- Ride-hailing (5km) 4.73 3.73
- Running Shoes 65.06 83.3
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 5.91 18.19
- Scooter Rental 8.87 58.37
- Summer Dress 29.57 15.15
- Taxi Start 1.77 0.86
- Taxi per km 0.89 0.57
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 11.83 10.04
- Transportation local 23.66, nomad 59.15, expat 47.32, family 118.3, tourist 11.83 local 52, nomad 56, expat 50, family 95, tourist 8
- Utilities local 70.98, nomad 59.15, expat 59.15, family 118.3, tourist 0 local 92.15, nomad 0, expat 120, family 155, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 11.83, expat 5.91, family 5.91 local 0, expat 7.17, family 14.35
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.59 1.21
- Wine (Mid-range) 7.1 4.07
Fix pass: 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) corrected for factor units, exchange-rate arithmetic, borrowed-city and national-price labels, exact supported category calculations, and removal of unavailable or irrelevant citations; unsupported light-depth budgets retained as unverified (isplatise.ba, bhtelecom.ba, motelbrist.com, sps.gov.ba)

Zenica cost of living