Cost of living comparison

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Iceland is 69.3% more expensive than Belgrade.

If you lived in Iceland instead of Belgrade, you would:

pay 64.3% more for restaurants

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.31
RSD1,010
$17.84
kr2,439
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.73
RSD838
$14.27
kr1,951
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.92
RSD209
$2.32
kr317

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Bread
1 loaf
$0.71
RSD78
$3.42
kr468
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.45
RSD483
$5.98
kr818
Milk (1 gallon) $5.62
RSD609
$5.33
kr728

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pay 86.0% more for transportation

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.57
RSD713
$8.03
kr1,099
Monthly public transit pass $30.48
RSD3,306
$77.40
kr10,584
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,973.40
RSD2,816,893
$29,836.83
kr4,080,131

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pay 74.8% more for housing

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$26.25
RSD2,847
$62.40
kr8,533
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $804.75
RSD87,278
$1,437.14
kr196,527
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $533.56
RSD57,866
$1,215.63
kr166,234

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pay 37.9% less for childcare

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $308.79
RSD33,489
$259.34
kr35,465
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,830.61
RSD740,800
$2,750.10
kr376,071

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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.33
RSD252
$8.52
kr1,165
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.01
RSD218
$4.15
kr568
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.82
RSD414
$10.64
kr1,454

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pay 49.8% more for clothing

 
Belgrade
Iceland
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$81.61
RSD8,851
$118.08
kr16,147
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$34.64
RSD3,756
$50.39
kr6,891
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$94.50
RSD10,249
$151.12
kr20,665

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