Cost of Living in Kragujevac, 🇷🇸 Serbia - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Nov 6, 2026 Last changed Nov 14, 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 7 6 8 9 50 $371 $359 $562 $303 $51

Utilities 18 19 20 21 — $105 $149 $91 —

Internet & Mobile 22 23 24 $64 $52 $61 $52 $1

Groceries 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 $218 $131 $364 $114 $3

Transportation 2 3 4 $63 $44 $96 $38 $8

Dining Out 13 14 15 $373 $131 $233 $44 $19

Leisure Activities 11 12 41 $62 $49 $163 $40 $10

Health Insurance 36 48 49 $67 $14 $63 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 37 — $19 $38 — —

Total $1,218 $904 $1,729 $682 $94

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 7 6 8 $336.97 $270 – $472 per month

Coworking Space 10 $196.57 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 9 8 6 $370.67 $326 – $505 per month

Coliving Space 8 $202.18 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 14 $3.73 per cup

Beer 34 15 $2.77 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 13 $6.22 per meal

Fast Food Combo 44 43 $11.38 per meal

Apples 31 $0.61 per kg

Bread 26 $0.77 per loaf

Milk 25 $1.53 per liter

Rice 27 $2.41 per kg

Chicken Fillets 28 $9.51 per kg

Beef 29 30 $10.10 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 33 $6.69 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 15 $33.48 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 32 $0.48 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 3 4 5 $1.72 per trip

Taxi per km 3 4 5 $0.81 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 2 $28.70 per month

Gasoline 38 $1.98 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 3 4 $5.79 per trip

Scooter Rental 42 $68.87 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 22 $9.09 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 24 $43.04 per month

Gym Membership 11 $33.48 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 41 47 $9.57 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 23 $6.70 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 12 $6.22 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 45 $32.51 per pair

Summer Dress 46 $36.34 per dress

Running Shoes 39 $62.17 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 16 $13.39 per visit

Laundry 17 $2.39 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 40 $19.13 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 35 $13.39 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Nov 6, 2026
Last changed: Nov 14, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 104.5418 RSD on Oct 19, 2026

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

Compared with Novi Sad, Sofia, Budapest

Change history

Nov 14, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1131.4 370.67
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 378.77 336.97
- Apples 1.13 0.61
- Beef 14.27 10.1
- Beer 2.75 2.77
40 more changes
- Bread 0.74 0.77
- Chicken Fillets 9.64 9.51
- Cinema Ticket 6.39 6.22
- Coffee 2.07 3.73
- Coliving Space 570.62 202.18
- Coworking Space 175.12 196.57
- Dining Out local 93.46, nomad 609.97, expat 216.44, family 442.72, tourist 44.27 local 43.54, nomad 373.2, expat 130.62, family 233.44, tourist 18.66
- Doctor Visit (GP) 44.27 19.13
- Fast Food Combo 9.05 11.38
- Gasoline 2.05 1.98
- Groceries local 275.47, nomad 118.06, expat 334.5, family 737.87, tourist 7.87 local 113.63, nomad 218.03, expat 130.67, family 363.62, tourist 2.71
- Gym Membership 29.51 33.48
- Haircut 11.81 13.39
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 76.74, expat 63.95, family 157.41, tourist 1.97 local 0, nomad 67.2, expat 13.66, family 63.46, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 206.6, nomad 521.43, expat 314.82, family 570.62, tourist 63.95 local 303.27, nomad 370.67, expat 359.43, family 561.61, tourist 50.55
- Internet & Mobile local 27.55, nomad 51.16, expat 44.27, family 70.84, tourist 3.44 local 52.12, nomad 63.6, family 61.21, tourist 1.34
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 30.5 43.04
- Jeans 73.79 32.51
- Laundry 10.82 2.39
- Leisure Activities local 44.27, nomad 177.09, expat 137.74, family 245.96, tourist 14.76 local 39.7, nomad 61.71, expat 49.27, family 162.61, tourist 10.04
- Meal (Inexpensive) 9.35 6.22
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 47.22 33.48
- Milk 1.62 1.53
- Mobile Plan 24.1 9.09
- Monthly Transport Pass 31.48 28.7
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 8.36 13.39
- Rice 2.36 2.41
- Ride-hailing (5km) 6.39 5.79
- Running Shoes 106.25 62.17
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 14.76 6.7
- Scooter Rental 17.71 68.87
- Summer Dress 41.32 36.34
- Taxi Start 1.18 1.72
- Taxi per km 0.93 0.81
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 13.77 9.57
- Transportation local 29.51, nomad 63.95, expat 78.71, family 177.09, tourist 11.81 local 38.26, nomad 63.44, expat 44, family 95.66, tourist 7.84
- Utilities local 113.14, nomad 147.57, expat 162.33, family 236.12, tourist 0 local 91.29, nomad 0, expat 104.98, family 148.65, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 24.6, expat 39.35, family 78.71 local 0, expat 19.04, family 38.07
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.74 0.48
- Wine (Mid-range) 11.81 6.69
fix pass after the batch check: Groceries local and family and Health Insurance nomad and tourist totals now match their formulas exactly (staples basket rounding, travel insurance pro-rated thirty over twenty-eight days and per day), Utilities family re-priced at the published single-rate electricity price, Housing and the tourist daily phone figure anchored to a nightly listing band and the five-day tourist SIM rate, and the scooter rental and family health notes state their arithmetic and insurance band (safetywing.com, aliansa.rs, bookaweb.com)

Kragujevac cost of living