Cost of Living in Kumanovo, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 30, 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 2 3 4 $280 $185 $359 $182 $39

Utilities — $118 $218 $100 —

Internet & Mobile 6 7 8 $11 $36 $54 $32 $0

Groceries 9 11 $83 $127 $353 $110 $7

Transportation 5 13 $56 $52 $146 $24 $12

Dining Out $305 $162 $245 $56 $27

Leisure Activities 14 15 $92 $37 $88 $29 $7

Health Insurance 17 $67 $55 $146 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 18 20 — $6 $12 — —

Total $894 $778 $1,621 $533 $94

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 2 4 $236.49 $146 – $327 per month

Coworking Space 16 $134.46 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 3 4 $280.13 $179 – $325 per month

Coliving Space 4 $201.69 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee $1.64 per cup

Beer 10 $2.73 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) $5.09 per meal

Fast Food Combo $6.91 per meal

Apples $1.46 per kg

Bread $0.82 per loaf

Milk 9 $1.18 per liter

Rice $2.37 per kg

Chicken Fillets $8.73 per kg

Beef $17.28 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 12 $5.51 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) $21.83 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 11 $0.45 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start $1.82 per trip

Taxi per km $0.73 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 5 $24.02 per month

Gasoline 13 $1.75 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) $4.00 per trip

Scooter Rental — per month

Services

Mobile Plan 7 $10.53 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 6 $27.27 per month

Gym Membership 14 $21.83 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $14.55 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7 $3.62 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 15 $7.46 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $54.22 per pair

Summer Dress $43.67 per dress

Running Shoes $100.07 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut $9.10 per visit

Laundry $7.28 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 19 $27.29 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) $4.55 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 30, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 54.9625 MKD on Oct 23, 2026

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

Compared with Hanoi, Berlin, Plovdiv, Novi Sad

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 521.86 280.13
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 232.97 236.49
- Apples 1.03 1.46
- Beef 12.11 17.28
- Beer 2.24 2.73
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- Bread 0.75 0.82
- Chicken Fillets 7.83 8.73
- Cinema Ticket 5.59 7.46
- Coffee 1.86 1.64
- Coliving Space 344.8 201.69
- Coworking Space 121.15 134.46
- Dining Out local 59.64, nomad 493.9, expat 177.06, family 260.93, tourist 33.55 local 55.99, nomad 305.4, expat 161.52, family 245.22, tourist 27.11
- Doctor Visit (GP) 22.37 27.29
- Fast Food Combo 7.08 6.91
- Gasoline 1.53 1.75
- Groceries local 214.34, nomad 78.28, expat 270.25, family 577.77, tourist 6.52 local 110.24, nomad 82.68, expat 126.78, family 352.77, tourist 6.55
- Gym Membership 27.96 21.83
- Haircut 8.39 9.1
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 80.14, expat 52.19, family 121.15 local 0, nomad 67.2, expat 54.58, family 145.55, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 171.47, nomad 400.71, expat 287.02, family 458.49, tourist 52.19 local 181.94, nomad 280.13, expat 184.89, family 358.57, tourist 39.22
- Internet & Mobile local 20.5, nomad 34.48, expat 29.82, family 52.19, tourist 2.8 local 31.81, nomad 10.53, expat 36.35, family 54.49, tourist 0.44
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 20.5 27.27
- Jeans 59.64 54.22
- Laundry 9.32 7.28
- Leisure Activities local 27.96, nomad 121.15, expat 74.55, family 139.78, tourist 8.39 local 29.29, nomad 92.18, expat 36.75, family 87.87, tourist 7.46
- Meal (Inexpensive) 6.52 5.09
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 33.55 21.83
- Milk 1.4 1.18
- Mobile Plan 17.71 10.53
- Monthly Transport Pass 22.37 24.02
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 7.46 4.55
- Rice 1.77 2.37
- Ride-hailing (5km) 4.66 4
- Running Shoes 89.46 100.07
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 11.18 3.62
- Scooter Rental 12.11 not set
- Summer Dress 33.55 43.67
- Taxi Start 1.12 1.82
- Taxi per km 0.65 0.73
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 11.18 14.55
- Transportation local 22.37, nomad 46.59, expat 83.87, family 158.42, tourist 11.18 local 24.02, nomad 56.02, expat 52.01, family 145.52, tourist 12
- Utilities local 80.14, nomad 102.51, expat 113.69, family 182.65, tourist 0 local 100.07, nomad 0, expat 118.26, family 218.33, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 33.55, family 65.23 local 0, expat 6.06, family 12.12
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.65 0.45
- Wine (Mid-range) 8.39 5.51
fix pass — Coffee, Meal (Inexpensive), Fast Food Combo, Apples, Bread, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Jeans, Summer Dress, Running Shoes, Taxi Start, Taxi per km, Ride-hailing (5km), Haircut, Laundry, Tennis Court (Weekend), Pharmacy (basic meds) and Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) keep their values without sources, listed under 'Not verified': their cited pages did not show their numbers (a milk-only survey and a rental search) or are bot-blocked, so the citations were dropped rather than kept dead.

Kumanovo cost of living