Living cost in Novi Sad, Second city of Serbia.

Category: Blog Published: Saturday, 11 July 2026 Written by Super User

Living cost in Novi Sad, Second city of Serbia by Population, I will list you an example of living cost expenses for someone living in Novi Sad, temporary or permanently.

I spend Few days in Novi Sad, and I will tell you now what prices currently in the cirty, I will talk about main basic expenses without specify luxury expenses.

1 EUR = 117 RSD

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Accomodation expenses:

1* Hôtel cost between 15-25€ a night

2* Hôtel cost between 20-30€ a night

3* Hôtel cost more than 30€ a night 

4* Hôtel cost more than 50€ a night 

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One, Hostel night is not expensive, could cost you between 10-15€ per night 

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If you want to rent a room per month the cost will be around 180-300€ for a single person.

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Street Food & Supermarket :

The Street Food is relatively inexpensive, You could buy Food in supermarkets for cheap prices or buy in local Food in kiosk or small restaurant that serves fast food, very popular service in Novi Sad.

The most Famous Supermarket Brand is Maxi.

There are also plenty of others shops.

Examples (average prices):

-1 Liter of Water: 0,50€

-1 Liter of Coca Cola: 1,5€

-1 Snickers Maxi Format: 1,2€

-1 Ice Cream: 1,4€

-1 Packet of Bread: 1€

 -1Kg of Pasta: 1€

-1Kg of Abricots: 1,20€

-1Kg of Grapes: 1€

This is not an exhaustive list of the food that you could find in the Supermarket, this is just basic simple food for summer time.

The Food in the Restaurant are as follow, You can buy Food in the Express Restaurant that serves you Food at the table.

The dry bread or simple Sandwich will cost you between 0,5 to 1,5€ , a Pizza Margherita will cost you 3€, a Cheese Cake will cost you 1,2€ to 2,5€, a limonade will cost you 1€.

This Prices are relatively inexpensive, you can eat a full menu for less than 4€.

 

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Transport cost:

There is a Transport card in Novi Sad, The card must be purchased separately, the price for one way ticket is less than 1€

The price for a  train ticket from Belgrade to Novi Sad is 4€ to 5€.

Taxi cost usually 0,5€ per km.

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