Cost of Living in Pula, 🇭🇷 Croatia - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 29, 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 1 2 3 $898 $561 $1,347 $561 $561

Utilities 2 — — — — —

Internet & Mobile 9 8 10 2 $15 $52 $66 $52 $4

Groceries 24 7 17 25 27 28 4 26 $89 $289 $667 $222 $7

Transportation 5 12 $72 $53 $227 $43 $15

Dining Out 20 19 $819 $189 $485 $121 $55

Leisure Activities 16 11 23 $97 $87 $354 $77 $16

Health Insurance 15 $67 $178 — — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 13 14 $8 $8 $33 — —

Total $2,065 $1,417 $3,179 $1,076 $660

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 $561.23 per month

Coworking Space 6 $213.27 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 $897.97 per month

Coliving Space — per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 19 $2.24 per cup

Beer 19 $4.85 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 20 $13.47 per meal

Fast Food Combo 19 $8.76 per meal

Apples 24 $1.90 per kg

Bread 7 $1.78 per loaf

Milk 17 $1.22 per liter

Rice 25 $2.23 per kg

Chicken Fillets 27 $6.72 per kg

Beef 28 $14.56 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 4 $8.33 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) $80.82 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 26 $1.11 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 12 $3.37 per trip

Taxi per km 12 $2.24 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 5 $42.65 per month

Gasoline 18 $1.90 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 12 $14.59 per trip

Scooter Rental $101.00 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 8 $14.59 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 9 $37.02 per month

Gym Membership 16 $67.35 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 23 $22.45 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 10 $12.35 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 11 $9.99 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 4 $111.00 per pair

Summer Dress $50.51 per dress

Running Shoes 4 $131.00 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 4 $7.20 per visit

Laundry 22 $0.75 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 21 $33.67 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 4 $9.28 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 29, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.8909 EUR on Oct 19, 2026

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

Compared with Zadar, Zagreb, Hanoi, Zurich

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Livingcost Pula, metric grocery units and services cross-checkIndex
Pulapromet one-zone €38/month; spouse pair €46/monthOfficial
Coworking Pula Flydesk €190/month excluding VATOfficial
Konzum national bakery shelf pricesOfficial
bonbon national prepaid data packagesOfficial
HT national fibre tariff, €32.98/month including VATOfficial
HT national tourist eSIM tariffsOfficial
CineStar Pula ordinary weekday evening ticket €8.90Official
Pula tourist office Taxi Pula meter tariffOfficial
MUP digital-nomad application and residence-card feesOfficial
MUP ordinary temporary-stay and biometric-card feesOfficial
SafetyWing Essential $62.72 per 28 days and Complete $177.50/monthOfficial
AP LAB Pula open gym €60/month, day pass €10Official
Konzum national K Plus UHT milk 1 litre €1.09Official
HAK national Eurosuper 95 chain medians €1.69/litreOfficial
McDonald’s Croatia price list, national proxyOfficial
Konoba Veruda Pula meal prices reported April 2023Secondary
Primorje-Gorski Kotar county GP first visit €30Official
Q-laundry Zagreb washing €6 per 9 kg loadOfficial
Zagi Zagreb winter weekend indoor tennis €20/hourOfficial
Konzum national Gala apples €1.69/kgOfficial
Konzum national K Plus rice €1.99/kgOfficial
Konzum national Jamnica 1.5-litre bottle €0.99Official
Konzum national chicken-breast fillet €5.99/kg promotionOfficial
Konzum national diced beef 400 g €5.19 promotionOfficial
ECB euro reference rates reused unchanged from Croatia country prepOfficial

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1040.84 897.97
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 578.25 561.23
- Apples 1.73 1.9
- Beef 13.88 14.56
- Beer 2.89 4.85
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- Bread 1.39 1.78
- Chicken Fillets 9.25 6.72
- Cinema Ticket 8.1 9.99
- Coffee 2.08 2.24
- Coliving Space 636.07 not set
- Coworking Space 138.78 213.27
- Dining Out local 92.52, nomad 809.55, expat 173.47, family 231.3, tourist 46.26 local 121.23, nomad 819.4, expat 188.58, family 484.92, tourist 54.59
- Doctor Visit (GP) 34.69 33.67
- Fast Food Combo 8.1 8.76
- Gasoline 1.73 1.9
- Groceries local 346.95, nomad 115.65, expat 404.77, family 925.19, tourist 5.78 local 222.38, nomad 88.95, expat 289.09, family 667.14, tourist 7.12
- Gym Membership 40.48 67.35
- Haircut 13.88 7.2
- Health Insurance local 57.82, nomad 69.39, expat 92.52, family 289.12, tourist 5.78 nomad 67.2, expat 177.5, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 636.07, nomad 1040.84, expat 809.55, family 1156.49, tourist 115.65 local 561.23, nomad 897.97, family 1346.95
- Internet & Mobile local 46.26, nomad 57.82, family 69.39, tourist 3.47 local 51.61, nomad 14.59, family 66.2, tourist 4.12
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 34.69 37.02
- Jeans 69.39 111
- Laundry 9.25 0.75
- Leisure Activities local 57.82, nomad 404.77, expat 115.65, family 173.47, tourist 17.35 local 77.34, nomad 97.32, expat 87.33, family 354.26, tourist 16.22
- Meal (Inexpensive) 11.56 13.47
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 57.82 80.82
- Milk 1.27 1.22
- Mobile Plan 17.35 14.59
- Monthly Transport Pass 40.48 42.65
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.25 9.28
- Rice 2.08 2.23
- Ride-hailing (5km) 8.1 14.59
- Running Shoes 92.52 131
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 11.56 12.35
- Scooter Rental 28.91 101
- Summer Dress 40.48 50.51
- Taxi Start 3.47 3.37
- Taxi per km 1.39 2.24
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 17.35 22.45
- Transportation local 57.82, nomad 115.65, expat 69.39, family 289.12, tourist 23.13 local 42.65, nomad 71.84, expat 52.76, family 226.74, tourist 14.59
- Utilities local 138.78, nomad 0, family 231.3, tourist 0 nomad 0, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 57.82, family 115.65 local 0, nomad 8.19, expat 8.19, family 32.76
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.93 1.11
- Wine (Mid-range) 11.56 8.33
Retry fix pass corrected units, source links, borrowed national and comparison-city prices, and exact profile formulas for Taxi Start, Apartment (1 bedroom), Coworking Space, Coffee, Beer, Meal (Inexpensive), Fast Food Combo, Apples, Bread, Milk, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Taxi per km, Gasoline, Mobile Plan, Internet (60 Mbps+), 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). Unsupported amounts are explicitly listed as not verified; exchange rate and country prep unchanged (q-laundry.hr, pulapromet.hr, mup.gov.hr).

Pula cost of living