Cost of Living in Novi Sad

This page summarises typical cost of living in Novi Sad, Serbia, expressed in RSD. A single person can expect to budget around 83,400 RSD per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 78/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Novi Sad is relatively affordable relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: RSD. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Novi Sad has an affordability score of 78/100, which places it in the relatively affordable range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Novi Sad a single-person monthly budget is around 83,400 RSD and a one-bedroom rent around 44,300 RSD. Use the affordability score (78/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Belgrade — affordability 80/100
• Cost of living in Niš — affordability 80/100
• Cost of living in Sarajevo — affordability 74/100