Istok
- Population
- 40,000
- Coordinates
- 42.78Β° N, 20.49Β° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Belgrade
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $810 a month in Istok, rent included: 86% less than in New York.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 3 of them have data for Istok; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%No data
- Safetycountry20%54
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%No data
- Connectivitycountry10%37
- Cost10%79
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 | Istok | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $6.38 | $25.00 | β74% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $34.81 | $140 | β75% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $5.80 | $14.00 | β59% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.90 | $8.00 | β64% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.90 | $10.00 | β71% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.87 | $6.37 | β71% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.57 | $3.80 | β59% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.09 | $2.89 | β62% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.33 | $1.36 | β2% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.69 | $4.68 | β85% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.35 | $6.97 | β81% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.87 | $5.73 | β67% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.13 | $17.38 | β53% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.72 | $15.11 | β56% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $12.98 | $17.77 | β27% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.65 | $6.11 | β73% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.68 | $2.20 | β24% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.80 | $5.77 | β69% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.74 | $6.25 | β72% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.97 | $3.47 | β72% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.87 | $4.17 | β79% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.85 | $2.72 | β69% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.50 | $2.50 | β80% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $5.80 | $20.00 | β71% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $0.99 | $3.21 | β69% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.28 | $3.96 | β68% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.59 | $19.00 | β81% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | β | $3.00 | β |
| Monthly pass, regular price | β | $140 | β |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.32 | $3.00 | β23% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.58 | $2.18 | β73% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $3.48 | $42.00 | β92% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.50 | $1.10 | +36% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $23,204 | $35,458 | β35% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $26,829 | $25,309 | +6% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $11.61 | $73.50 | β84% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $24.08 | $71.93 | β67% |
| 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 | $4.64 | $23.00 | β80% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $211 | $3,366 | β94% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $2,983 | $60,589 | β95% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $43.50 | $72.80 | β40% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $32.25 | $53.22 | β39% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $65.75 | $118 | β44% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $83.54 | $125 | β33% |
| 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 | β | $18,759 | β |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | β | $6,523 | β |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | β | $5,178 | β |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 4.44% | 6.49% | β2.1 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 | β | β | $305 |
| Apr 2026 | β | β | $304 |
| Mar 2026 | β | β | $300 |
| Feb 2026 | β | β | $307 |
| Jan 2026 | β | β | $304 |
| Dec 2025 | β | β | $305 |
| Nov 2025 | β | β | $300 |
| Oct 2025 | β | β | $303 |
| Sep 2025 | β | β | $305 |
| Aug 2025 | β | β | $303 |
| Jul 2025 | β | β | $305 |
| May 2025 | β | β | $291 |
| Apr 2025 | β | β | $296 |
| Mar 2025 | β | β | $282 |
| Feb 2025 | β | β | $270 |
| Jan 2025 | β | β | $270 |
| Oct 2024 | β | β | $282 |
| Aug 2024 | β | β | $281 |
| Jul 2024 | β | β | $279 |
| Jun 2024 | β | β | $281 |
| Apr 2024 | β | β | $281 |
| Mar 2024 | β | β | $282 |
| Feb 2024 | β | β | $281 |
| Jan 2024 | β | β | $287 |
| Nov 2023 | 18.9 | $348 | $283 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Kosovo's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Istok yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Istok. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Istok 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 Istok 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
No air-quality readings for Istok.
Internet
Kosovo median; city not listed- Upload
- 33Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 8ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- βMbps
- Mobile latency
- βms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Istok yet.
Cities like Istok
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
- 0Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 11 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 78%5 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026