Perast
- Population
- β
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,306 a month in Perast, rent included: 78% less than in New York.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 5 of them have data for Perast; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%No data
- Safetycountry20%58
- Health carecountry15%49
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%53
- Connectivitycountry10%38
- Cost10%59
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Perast | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $11.61 | $25.00 | β54% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $37.71 | $140 | β73% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $9.29 | $14.00 | β34% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.90 | $8.00 | β64% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $3.48 | $10.00 | β65% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.26 | $6.37 | β65% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.61 | $3.80 | β31% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.43 | $2.89 | β51% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.22 | $1.36 | β10% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.02 | $4.68 | β78% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.10 | $6.97 | β70% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.16 | $5.73 | β45% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $9.18 | $17.38 | β47% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $7.63 | $15.11 | β50% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $12.57 | $17.77 | β29% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.36 | $6.11 | β78% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.59 | $2.20 | β28% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.65 | $5.77 | β71% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.45 | $6.25 | β61% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.94 | $3.47 | β73% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.08 | $4.17 | β74% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.55 | $2.72 | β43% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.83 | $2.50 | β67% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $4.64 | $20.00 | β77% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.09 | $3.21 | β66% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.82 | $3.96 | β54% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $4.06 | $19.00 | β79% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.74 | $3.00 | β42% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $46.41 | $140 | β67% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $0.78 | $3.00 | β74% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.81 | $2.18 | β63% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $11.61 | $42.00 | β72% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.74 | $1.10 | +58% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $31,620 | $35,458 | β11% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $22,043 | $25,309 | β13% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $13.54 | $73.50 | β82% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $34.88 | $71.93 | β52% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | β | $126 | β |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $6.38 | $23.00 | β72% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $369 | $3,366 | β89% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $7,222 | $60,589 | β88% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $87.02 | $72.80 | +20% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $34.81 | $53.22 | β35% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $75.41 | $118 | β36% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $98.62 | $125 | β21% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | β | $4,417 | β |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | β | $3,033 | β |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | β | $9,242 | β |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | β | $5,461 | β |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $1,624 | $18,759 | β91% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,160 | $6,523 | β82% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | β | $5,178 | β |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.00% | 6.49% | β1.5 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | β | β |
| Aug 2026 | β | β | β |
| Jul 2026 | β | β | β |
| Jun 2026 | β | β | β |
| May 2026 | 44.5 | β | β |
| Apr 2026 | 43.9 | β | β |
| Mar 2026 | 42.8 | β | β |
| Feb 2026 | 43.4 | β | β |
| Jan 2026 | 43.7 | β | β |
| Dec 2025 | 44.1 | β | β |
| Nov 2025 | 43.6 | β | β |
| Oct 2025 | 43.9 | β | β |
| Sep 2025 | 44.2 | β | β |
| Aug 2025 | 48.2 | β | β |
| Jul 2025 | 42.2 | β | β |
| May 2025 | 42.2 | β | β |
| Apr 2025 | 42.8 | β | β |
| Feb 2025 | 38.8 | β | β |
| Jan 2025 | 38.0 | β | β |
| Oct 2024 | 40.0 | β | β |
| Sep 2024 | 41.8 | β | β |
| Aug 2024 | 40.6 | β | β |
| Jul 2024 | 39.8 | β | β |
| Jun 2024 | 40.1 | β | β |
| Feb 2024 | 37.1 | β | β |
| Jan 2024 | 37.9 | β | β |
| Dec 2023 | 35.2 | β | β |
| Nov 2023 | 34.4 | $504 | $483 |
| Oct 2023 | 33.7 | $497 | $476 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Montenegro's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Perast yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Perast. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Perast on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Perast yet.
- Annual mean
- β
- Warmest month
- β
- Coldest month
- β
- Rain a year
- β
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- β
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- β
- Clear-sky daysA year
- β
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
- β
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Perast.
Internet
Montenegro median; city not listed- Upload
- 21Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 7ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- βMbps
- Mobile latency
- βms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- βYears of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- βYears of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- βGross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- β20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- βYears of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Perast
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 2Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 11 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 86%4 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026