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

Researched Updated Oct 31, 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 $314 $280 $448 $224 $224

Utilities — — — — —

Internet & Mobile 12 13 14 $11 $31 $40 $31 $3

Groceries 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $47 $135 $376 $117 $2

Transportation 10 11 15 $58 $54 $153 $24 $10

Dining Out 17 18 19 23 $363 $158 $249 $32 $16

Leisure Activities 5 16 20 23 $67 $53 $97 $41 $7

Health Insurance 21 $67 — — — —

Visa & Legal Fees 29 22 — $9 $19 — —

Total $927 $720 $1,382 $469 $262

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Services

Mobile Plan 13 $10.53 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 12 $21.81 per month

Gym Membership 16 $33.61 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $11.18 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 13 $3.62 one-time

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 2 $280.13 $224 – $336 per month

Coworking Space 24 $193.22 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 $313.74 $280 – $336 per month

Coliving Space 2 $201.69 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 23 $1.57 per cup

Beer 5 $2.23 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 17 $3.27 per meal

Fast Food Combo 23 $5.90 per meal

Apples 7 $0.91 per kg

Bread 8 $0.65 per loaf

Milk 3 $1.22 per liter

Rice 9 $4.40 per kg

Chicken Fillets 6 $8.90 per kg

Beef 6 $9.62 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 5 $6.48 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 18 $21.29 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 4 $0.75 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 11 $1.09 per trip

Taxi per km 11 $0.64 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 10 $24.02 per month

Gasoline 15 $1.75 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 11 $4.28 per trip

Scooter Rental — per month

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 20 $7.46 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $52.19 per pair

Summer Dress $33.55 per dress

Running Shoes $89.46 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut $6.52 per visit

Laundry 26 $6.19 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 25 $54.58 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 27 28 $6.62 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 31, 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 Skopje, Kumanovo, Hanoi

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 596.41 313.74
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 270.25 280.13
- Apples 0.84 0.91
- Beef 11.56 9.62
- Beer 2.05 2.23
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- Chicken Fillets 7.08 8.9
- Cinema Ticket 5.59 7.46
- Coffee 1.68 1.57
- Coliving Space 410.03 201.69
- Coworking Space 121.15 193.22
- Dining Out local 59.64, nomad 410.03, expat 177.06, family 298.21, tourist 41 local 32.44, nomad 363.45, expat 158.06, family 248.66, tourist 16.42
- Doctor Visit (GP) 22.37 54.58
- Fast Food Combo 6.34 5.9
- Gasoline 1.57 1.75
- Groceries local 214.34, nomad 83.87, expat 260.93, family 708.24, tourist 6.52 local 117.39, nomad 46.96, expat 135, family 375.65, tourist 2.15
- Gym Membership 27.96 33.61
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 78.28, expat 57.78, family 139.78, tourist 2.24 67.2
- Housing local 177.06, nomad 447.31, expat 288.89, family 484.58, tourist 59.64 local 224.1, nomad 313.74, expat 280.13, family 448.2
- Internet & Mobile local 20.5, nomad 52.19, expat 33.55, family 59.64, tourist 2.8 local 30.89, nomad 10.53, family 39.97, tourist 2.71
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 20.5 21.81
- Laundry 9.32 6.19
- Leisure Activities local 27.96, nomad 158.42, expat 111.83, family 223.65, tourist 15.84 local 41.07, nomad 66.87, expat 53.13, family 97.06, tourist 7.46
- Meal (Inexpensive) 4.66 3.27
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 29.82 21.29
- Milk 1.53 1.22
- Mobile Plan 13.98 10.53
- Monthly Transport Pass 22.37 24.02
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 6.52 6.62
- Rice 1.77 4.4
- Ride-hailing (5km) 4.29 4.28
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 11.18 3.62
- Scooter Rental 8.39 not set
- Taxi Start 0.93 1.09
- Taxi per km 0.65 0.64
- Transportation local 22.37, nomad 65.23, expat 83.87, family 205.02, tourist 11.18 local 24.02, nomad 58.22, expat 53.95, family 152.84, tourist 9.65
- Utilities local 89.46, nomad 115.55, expat 121.15, family 182.65, tourist 0 not set
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 22.37, family 44.73 local 0, expat 9.4, family 18.8
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.56 0.75
- Wine (Mid-range) 8.39 6.48
Fix pass after the batch check — every category formula recomputed to match the stored value; Apples, Beer, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Coliving Space, Meal (Mid-range, 2 people), Transportation (nomad), Dining Out (local, family, tourist), Leisure Activities (nomad, expat, family), Groceries and Internet & Mobile rebalanced to the stated arithmetic; Tennis Court (Weekend), Jeans, Summer Dress, Running Shoes and Haircut returned to their prior uncited values; notes rewritten to the file's own sources (pazar3.mk, pricelist.vero.com.mk)

Tetovo cost of living