Cost of living comparison
Bucharest is 23.0% more expensive than Podgorica.
If you lived in Bucharest instead of Podgorica, you would:
pay 19.8% more for restaurants
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.48
€6.94
|
$11.06
RON51.11
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.95
€4.59
|
$5.97
RON27.60
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.97
€1.83
|
$1.88
RON8.67
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.59
€1.47
|
$1.83
RON8.45
|
|
pay 6.3% more for groceries
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
$1.16
RON5.36
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.56
€3.30
|
$4.39
RON20.30
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.99
€4.63
|
$6.94
RON32.05
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.77
€2.57
|
$3.23
RON14.94
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.46
€3.21
|
$2.90
RON13.42
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$0.53
RON2.43
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.79
€0.74
|
$0.74
RON3.43
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.61
€0.57
|
$0.71
RON3.28
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.93
|
$0.97
RON4.47
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.42
€0.39
|
$0.42
RON1.93
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.59
€0.55
|
$0.44
RON2.02
|
|
pay 15.3% less for transportation
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.24
€5.79
|
$6.01
RON27.76
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.98
€30.60
|
$17.69
RON81.77
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$27,486.24
€25,500.36
|
$24,329.82
RON112,435.42
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.94
€5.51
|
$5.96
RON27.56
|
|
pay 4.2% less for housing
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$29.23
€27.12
|
$9.46
RON43.74
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$441.52
€409.62
|
$509.31
RON2,353.67
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$325.02
€301.54
|
$357.17
RON1,650.57
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$86.56
€80.31
|
$108.55
RON501.63
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for childcare
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$186.91
€173.40
|
$508.58
RON2,350.32
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,827.08
€5,406.08
|
$9,180.57
RON42,426.17
|
|
pay 39.7% more for entertainment and sports
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.20
€2.04
|
$2.47
RON11.40
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.68
€1.56
|
$2.90
RON13.40
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.85
€3.57
|
$5.53
RON25.55
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$36.48
€33.85
|
$47.02
RON217.30
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.50
€5.10
|
$7.74
RON35.77
|
|
pay 0.4% less for clothing
Podgorica
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$80.02
€74.23
|
$72.25
RON333.90
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$35.04
€32.51
|
$42.02
RON194.21
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$84.38
€78.29
|
$77.44
RON357.89
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$101.39
€94.07
|
$97.82
RON452.07
|
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