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Netherlands vs. Montenegro Cost of Living Summary

Netherlands is 88.2% more expensive than Montenegro overall.

Restaurants
pay 72.6% more in Netherlands
Groceries
pay 62.8% more in Netherlands
Transportation
pay 74.0% more in Netherlands
Housing
pay 2.3 times more in Netherlands
Childcare
pay 2.7 times more in Netherlands
Entertainment and Sports
pay 79.2% more in Netherlands
Clothing
pay 15.5% more in Netherlands

The cost of childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, transportation, restaurants, and groceries in Netherlands are more expensive than in Montenegro. Notably, childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Netherlands.

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Netherlands vs. Montenegro Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Netherlands instead of Montenegro, you would:

pay 72.6% more for restaurants

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.20
€9.97
$22.24
€19.80
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $9.63
€8.57
$13.74
€12.23
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.30
€2.05
$3.60
€3.21
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pay 62.8% more for groceries

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.00
€0.89
$2.06
€1.84
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.31
€3.84
$6.70
€5.96
Milk (1 gallon) $4.59
€4.08
$5.08
€4.52
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pay 74.0% more for transportation

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.55
€5.83
$9.11
€8.11
Monthly public transit pass $36.79
€32.75
$95.45
€84.95
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $29,365.51
€26,136.36
$40,608.58
€36,143.10
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pay 2.3 times more for housing

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $31.12
€27.69
$48.29
€42.98
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $612.92
€545.52
$1,426.76
€1,269.87
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $466.81
€415.48
$1,174.28
€1,045.15
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pay 2.7 times more for childcare

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $358.02
€318.65
$1,884.17
€1,676.98
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,100.06
€6,319.31
$10,083.31
€8,974.51
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pay 79.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.94
€2.62
$6.25
€5.56
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.53
€2.25
$4.16
€3.70
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.18
€3.72
$13.60
€12.11
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pay 15.5% more for clothing

 
Montenegro
Netherlands
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $84.85
€75.52
$89.45
€79.61
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $37.05
€32.98
$43.43
€38.65
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $86.45
€76.94
$100.67
€89.60
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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