Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia: the weather, the air, the distance to the coast and what a month costs, each with its source. This page assesses no one.
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A year here
7 of 12 months have a mean temperature inside 10–26 °C, a band we chose and apply to every city alike. Thirty-year normals from NASA POWER, measured at this city’s own coordinates.
- Jan3-1-4
- Feb51-3
- Mar1161
- Apr17116
- May211610
- Jun262015
- Jul292317
- Aug292216
- Sept231711
- Oct17117
- Nov1063
- Dec41-2
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
How near the sea is
118.8 km
Straight-line distance from this city’s coordinates to the nearest coastline, computed from Natural Earth 1:10m Physical Vectors — Coastline (ne_10m_coastline) v5.1.2 at 1:10,000,000. Natural Earth is public domain, and anyone can download the same file and get the same number.
It is a distance and not an access. A city 8 km from the coast across a mountain ridge is not 8 km from the sea in any sense you would use, and the figure says nothing about what is on that coast — a container terminal and a bay give the same number. The coastline is the outline of the dataset’s land, so a river wide enough to separate land counts as coast.
How this city rates
- Safety
- 99 / 100measured
- Healthcare
- 76 / 100measured
- Air quality
- not held
A month here, for a reference household
Reference household: two adults aged 38 and 37, a one-bedroom home, no children.
Residence fees and health cover are those of EU/EEA free movement (register within eight days after three months). The low, middle and high figures are the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles where a publisher states them; each line says who published it.
illustrative Money figures on this page are illustrative unless the figure names its publisher. The illustrative ones are arranged so the shape is right — a larger flat costs more than a smaller one, and the expensive cities are the expensive ones — and they are accurate in nothing. Do not plan on them.
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| Line | P25The lower quartile of the estimate range: a quarter of observations fall below it. Read it as the cheaper end of what is realistic, not as a bargain you can count on. | P50The middle of the estimate range: half the observations fall below it and half above. It is the figure to read first — not a promise, but the most representative single number we have. | P75The upper quartile of the estimate range: a quarter of observations fall above it. Budget against this one if you want room to be wrong. | Basis |
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| Rent* | not published | €760 | not published | Median of published figuresPublished by MPGI / APN More about this figureZagreb, observed 2 October 2026Measured in 2025.Covers every rented home in the city, including tenants who signed years ago.This is the publisher's own figure for a flat of 60 m², not for a number of bedrooms, so it does not change with the number of bedrooms a household needs.Rents in existing contracts — a newcomer is usually asked more. |
| Electricity, gas and fuel* | not published | €111 | not published | Average of published figuresPublished by Državni zavod za statistiku (DZS) More about this figurePer householdMeasured in 2022.An average of what surveyed households actually spent — not a price anyone is charged, and it carries whatever mix of tariffs, dwellings and consumption those households had.Whose spending this is: The average private household in Croatia in 2022, per household per month, from DZS's Anketa o potrošnji kućanstava (1,391 households interviewed). It is the whole country: DZS states «Podaci za niže prostorne razine nisu raspoloživi», so the same figure stands in for Zagreb and for Split. Every household of every size, renting or owning — and 92.7 % of the surveyed households own their home and 73.9 % live in a house, so it leans to house-dwellers outside the cities. DZS states no household size beside it. The survey was kept in kuna; DZS converts it to euro at the fixed rate it states itself.Published per year; shown per month (÷ 12).Shown here and kept out of the ranking: the period it measures ended more than three years ago. |
| Water, sewerage and waste* | not published | €41 | not published | Average of published figuresPublished by Državni zavod za statistiku (DZS) More about this figurePer householdMeasured in 2022.An average of what surveyed households actually spent — not a price anyone is charged, and it carries whatever mix of tariffs, dwellings and consumption those households had.Whose spending this is: The average private household in Croatia in 2022, per household per month, from DZS's Anketa o potrošnji kućanstava (1,391 households interviewed). It is the whole country: DZS states «Podaci za niže prostorne razine nisu raspoloživi», so the same figure stands in for Zagreb and for Split. Every household of every size, renting or owning — and 92.7 % of the surveyed households own their home and 73.9 % live in a house, so it leans to house-dwellers outside the cities. DZS states no household size beside it. The survey was kept in kuna; DZS converts it to euro at the fixed rate it states itself.Published per year; shown per month (÷ 12).Shown here and kept out of the ranking: the period it measures ended more than three years ago. |
| Internet and phone* | not published | €56 | not published | Average of published figuresPublished by Državni zavod za statistiku (DZS) More about this figurePer householdMeasured in 2022.An average of what surveyed households actually spent — not a price anyone is charged, and it carries whatever mix of tariffs, dwellings and consumption those households had.Whose spending this is: The average private household in Croatia in 2022, per household per month, from DZS's Anketa o potrošnji kućanstava (1,391 households interviewed). It is the whole country: DZS states «Podaci za niže prostorne razine nisu raspoloživi», so the same figure stands in for Zagreb and for Split. Every household of every size, renting or owning — and 92.7 % of the surveyed households own their home and 73.9 % live in a house, so it leans to house-dwellers outside the cities. DZS states no household size beside it. The survey was kept in kuna; DZS converts it to euro at the fixed rate it states itself.Published per year; shown per month (÷ 12).Shown here and kept out of the ranking: the period it measures ended more than three years ago. |
| Groceries* | not published | €247 | not published | Average of published figuresPublished by Državni zavod za statistiku (DZS) More about this figureAdults: 2 · children: 0Measured in 2022.An average of what surveyed households actually spent — not a price anyone is charged, and it carries whatever mix of tariffs, dwellings and consumption those households had.Whose spending this is: Per person, per month, averaged over every private household in Croatia: DZS's 2022 food bill per household divided by the 2021 Census's average number of persons per private household for the Republic of Croatia. The survey's household is «svaka obiteljska ili druga zajednica osoba koje zajedno stanuju i zajednički troše svoje prihode»; the Census counted «sve osobe koje žive u istoj stambenoj jedinici». The divisor counts everyone in one dwelling, and a dwelling can hold more than one household that shares a budget, so the divisor is somewhat larger than the survey's own household and this per-person figure reads a little low. It is the national figure, not Zagreb's, and a child is charged the same as an adult.Published per year; shown per month (÷ 12).This is the survey’s average person. Food has strong economies of scale, and the publisher states one figure per person and no split by household size — so a larger household is charged here as though each member shopped alone.3,957 EUR a year per household (2022) ÷ 2.67 people per household (2021), both published by Državni zavod za statistiku (DZS); the household size is the publisher’s household statistic, which counts everyone living in one dwelling, not the survey’s ownShown here and kept out of the ranking: the period it measures ended more than three years ago. |
| Transport* | €96 | €96 | €96 | Published figurePublished by Zagrebački električni tramvaj d.o.o. (ZET) More about this figureAdults: 2Measured in 2026.A price the publisher states is in force, not a statistic about a market.What this price is for: The general monthly coupon («opći kupon») for one named adult on a personalised ZET subscription card: unlimited day and night travel by tram and bus in the City of Zagreb, which is one tariff zone, from the first to the last day of the month. The operator's own conditions say «Pravo na opću pretplatnu kartu imaju svi zainteresirani korisnici javnog gradskog prijevoza», so no residence is required — the card is issued against an identity document, a photograph and an OIB, which a newcomer has to obtain first.This is the price the publisher charges, so there is no range: the low and high figures are the price itself. |
| Health cover* | €250 | €250 | €250 | Published figurePublished by Narodne novine (službeni list Republike Hrvatske) More about this figureA premium or rate the state sets.Per member, by age bandMeasured in 2026.A price the publisher states is in force, not a statistic about a market.What this price is for: Per insured person, per month, 2026: an EEA or Swiss citizen with a registered temporary stay in Croatia who is not compulsorily insured in another Member State must register with HZZO within eight days and pay the health contribution — «… obvezan je podnijeti prijavu na obvezno zdravstveno osiguranje … te je obveznik plaćanja doprinosa za obvezno zdravstveno osiguranje» (Zakon o obveznom zdravstvenom osiguranju i zdravstvenoj zaštiti stranaca, čl. 4 st. 1 and čl. 6 st. 1, as replaced by NN 15/18). The contribution is 16,5 % (Zakon o doprinosima čl. 14 st. 1 t. 1, as amended by NN 106/18) of the monthly base the Minister of Finance publishes for a foreigner, 757,34 € in 2026 (Naredba, NN 150/2025, čl. 8, šifra 1600); a family member is charged on the same base (šifra 1700). Porezna uprava fixes each person's amount by decision. Up to twelve months are charged on registration, and after thirty days unpaid only emergency care is covered.This is the price the publisher charges, so there is no range: the low and high figures are the price itself.0.165 contribution rate × 757 EUR a month, both published by Narodne novine (službeni list Republike Hrvatske) |
| Schooling (state schooling) | €0 | €0 | €0 | Illustrative — nothing measured this More about this figureChildren: 0 |
| Building or service charge | not held | not held | not held | Held by nobody More about this figurePer household |
| Statutory levies and licences* | €11 | €11 | €11 | Published figurePublished by Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) More about this figurePer householdMeasured in 2025.A price the publisher states is in force, not a statistic about a market.What this price is for: The monthly fee one household pays the public broadcaster, as determined for 2025: "visina mjesečne pristojbe koja se plaća Hrvatskoj radioteleviziji u 2025. godini utvrđena je u iznosu od 10,62 eura." One fee per household however many receivers it holds — "Kućanstva koja u vlasništvu ili posjedu imaju dva ili više prijamnika, plaćaju jednu mjesečnu pristojbu" — and HRT counts a smartphone or a computer as a receiver. The supervisory board sets the amount annually; this is the 2025 determination, and no 2026 one was published when it was read.This is the price the publisher charges, so there is no range: the low and high figures are the price itself. |
| Residence permit renewals | not held | not held | not held | Held by nobody More about this figurePer household |
| Domestic help | not held | not held | not held | Held by nobody More about this figurePer household |
| Household and leisure baseline | not held | not held | not held | Held by nobody More about this figurePeople: 2 |
| Total | not published | €1,572 | not published | This total does not include Building or service charge, Residence permit renewals, Domestic help and Household and leisure baseline, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.No low or high total, because the spread of these lines was never published: Rent, Electricity, gas and fuel, Water, sewerage and waste, Internet and phone and Groceries. Everything else here is either a measured range or an exact price. |
– = not published by the source
Routes we hold for Croatia
- EU/EEA free movement (register within eight days after three months) — Checked against the law
- Temporary stay of digital nomads — Draft — not checked by us yet
Every requirement, as its rule states it, is on the page for Croatia
Provenance
Rule set 1.58.0-2026-10-11 · read on 26 October 2026. Every figure on this page was computed by the engine from versioned rule files. No language model produced any number here, and translation happens only after the calculation.
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