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Tirana vs. Yerevan Cost of Living Summary

Tirana is 42.8% more expensive than Yerevan.

Restaurants: pay 67.5% more in Tirana
Groceries: pay 42.5% more in Tirana
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in Tirana
Childcare: pay 13.9% less in Tirana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 19.6% more in Tirana
Clothing: pay 21.2% less in Tirana

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Tirana are more expensive than in Yerevan. Expenses including clothing, childcare, and housing are lower in Tirana. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Tirana.

Tirana vs. Yerevan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tirana instead of Yerevan, you would:

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pay 67.5% more for restaurants

	Yerevan	Tirana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.44 AMD3,984.19	$12.05 ALL1,011	+15.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.83 AMD2,988.14	$12.05 ALL1,011	+53.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 AMD380.42	$2.04 ALL171	+104.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.53 AMD201.78	$1.04 ALL87	+96.4%
Average			+67.5%

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pay 42.5% more for groceries

	Yerevan	Tirana
Bread 1 loaf	$0.83 AMD316.84	$1.15 ALL96	+38.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.82 AMD1,458.50	$6.73 ALL565	+76.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.06 AMD2,313.18	$8.27 ALL694	+36.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.47 AMD943.40	$4.21 ALL353	+70.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.35 AMD1,279.40	$3.67 ALL308	+9.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.61 AMD232.35	$0.77 ALL65	+26.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.76 AMD291.02	$1.27 ALL107	+66.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 AMD311.57	$0.97 ALL82	+19.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.97 AMD369.09	$0.88 ALL74	-8.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.37 AMD142.23	$0.61 ALL51	+63.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.35 AMD134.16	$0.60 ALL50	+70.2%
Average			+42.5%

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Yerevan	Tirana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.17 AMD1,972.96	$8.19 ALL687	+58.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.49 AMD8,964.42	$19.28 ALL1,618	-17.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,670.18 AMD12,848,996.85	$34,989.79 ALL2,935,686	+3.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.62 AMD1,763.00	$32.54 ALL2,730	+604.3%
Average			+162.2%

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pay (unknown) more for housing

	Yerevan	Tirana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$19.36 AMD7,388.06	$18.93 ALL1,588	-2.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$753.04 AMD287,372.13	$838.35 ALL70,339	+11.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$552.33 AMD210,778.11	$548.59 ALL46,027	-0.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$95.83 AMD36,569.42	$87.73 ALL7,361	-8.4%

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pay 13.9% less for childcare

	Yerevan	Tirana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$346.56 AMD132,252.81	$312.88 ALL26,251	-9.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,090.75 AMD2,705,925.69	$5,810.16 ALL487,479	-18.1%
Average			-13.9%

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pay 19.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Yerevan	Tirana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.83 AMD697.23	$3.01 ALL253	+64.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.39 AMD1,295.51	$2.11 ALL177	-38.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.61 AMD996.05	$4.46 ALL374	+70.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$94.61 AMD36,106.10	$58.65 ALL4,921	-38.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.53 AMD2,490.12	$9.04 ALL758	+38.5%
Average			+19.6%

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pay 21.2% less for clothing

	Yerevan	Tirana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$110.06 AMD42,000.79	$68.30 ALL5,730	-37.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.20 AMD22,974.72	$47.45 ALL3,981	-21.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$138.28 AMD52,769.55	$107.71 ALL9,037	-22.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$136.55 AMD52,108.95	$131.74 ALL11,053	-3.5%
Average			-21.2%

Yerevan vs. Tirana - 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: November 2025

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