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Albania vs. Sarande Cost of Living Summary

Albania is 18.6% cheaper than Sarande.

Restaurants: pay 20.1% less in Albania
Groceries: pay 15.6% less in Albania
Transportation: pay 7.8% less in Albania
Housing: pay 21.1% less in Albania
Childcare: pay 37.4% less in Albania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.6% less in Albania
Clothing: pay 10.9% less in Albania

Expenses including childcare, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing are lower in Albania.

Albania vs. Sarande Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Albania instead of Sarande, you would:

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pay 20.1% less for restaurants

	Sarande	Albania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.05 ALL993	$9.59 ALL790	-20.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.86 ALL978	$8.67 ALL714	-26.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.04 ALL168	$1.77 ALL146	-13.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.04 ALL86	$0.83 ALL69	-19.8%
Average			-20.1%

Sarande vs. Albania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 15.6% less for groceries

	Sarande	Albania
Bread 1 loaf	$1.15 ALL95	$1.03 ALL85	-10.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.73 ALL555	$5.40 ALL445	-19.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.27 ALL682	$7.89 ALL650	-4.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.21 ALL347	$3.20 ALL264	-23.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.67 ALL303	$3.26 ALL269	-11.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.77 ALL64	$0.65 ALL53	-16.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.27 ALL105	$1.13 ALL93	-10.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.94 ALL77	$0.74 ALL61	-21.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.88 ALL73	$0.66 ALL54	-25.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.61 ALL50	$0.51 ALL42	-16.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.60 ALL49	$0.53 ALL43	-12.1%
Average			-15.6%

Sarande vs. Albania - Cost of groceries

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pay 7.8% less for transportation

	Sarande	Albania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.19 ALL675	$8.27 ALL681	+0.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.35 ALL1,924	$19.40 ALL1,598	-16.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,027.69 ALL2,886,445	$31,384.43 ALL2,586,223	-10.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$32.54 ALL2,681	$30.95 ALL2,550	-4.9%
Average			-7.8%

Sarande vs. Albania - Cost of transportation

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pay 21.1% less for housing

	Sarande	Albania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$18.93 ALL1,560	$16.59 ALL1,367	-12.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$878.82 ALL72,419	$521.48 ALL42,973	-40.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$391.70 ALL32,278	$357.61 ALL29,468	-8.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$79.45 ALL6,547	$61.56 ALL5,073	-22.5%
Average			-21.1%

Sarande vs. Albania - Cost of housing

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pay 37.4% less for childcare

	Sarande	Albania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$306.77 ALL25,279	$175.46 ALL14,459	-42.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,811.42 ALL478,888	$3,951.26 ALL325,603	-32.0%
Average			-37.4%

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pay 17.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Sarande	Albania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.01 ALL248	$2.46 ALL203	-18.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.11 ALL174	$1.95 ALL160	-7.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.46 ALL367	$4.30 ALL354	-3.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$91.90 ALL7,573	$52.57 ALL4,332	-42.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.04 ALL745	$7.66 ALL631	-15.3%
Average			-17.6%

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pay 10.9% less for clothing

	Sarande	Albania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$68.31 ALL5,629	$54.19 ALL4,466	-20.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.45 ALL3,910	$39.78 ALL3,278	-16.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$107.72 ALL8,876	$94.48 ALL7,785	-12.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$131.75 ALL10,857	$139.08 ALL11,460	+5.6%
Average			-10.9%

Sarande vs. Albania - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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