How much does it cost to live in Ljubljana?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$2,723 (€2,360)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: flatio.com, sublet.com
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,057 (€917)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $3,251 (€2,818)
- Furnished 1-bed rent
- $1,385 (€1,200)
Ljubljana (exact neighborhood not specified in listing)
Good to know
Good to Know
- Multiple expat guides specifically advise against basing yourself in the pedestrian Old Town core itself for anything beyond a short stay — it's the most tourist-priced part of the city and has limited vehicle/transport access, even though it's the most walkable and liveliest area.
- Flatio, HousingAnywhere and Spotahome are the main platforms actually built for 1+ month furnished stays in Ljubljana with utilities included, and tend to give more realistic nomad pricing than generic 12-month lease listings.
- Bežigrad and Šiška are consistently named as the more affordable, still well-connected alternatives to the center for anyone renting for a month or more.
- Local Facebook groups for apartment hunting exist but are mostly in Slovene, which can be a real barrier for a short-term arrival without a local contact.
- Ljubljana's city buses only take Urbana cards or contactless bank cards on board — no cash, and a bank-card tap doesn't include free transfers the way an Urbana card does.
- The €37 unlimited monthly bus pass only makes sense if you'll ride a lot; most nomads staying in the compact, walkable center get by on single €1.50 fares or on foot.
- Slovenia's digital nomad permit is brand new (November 2025) with a fairly high income bar (about 2x average net salary); many nomads instead just stack 90-day Schengen visa-free stays if that fits their travel pattern.
- Coworking prices vary a lot by neighborhood and contract length — day-drop-in options near Tivoli Park are notably cheaper than long-contract corporate spaces like Regus or Spaces.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- €2,360
Includes 4 estimated components
- Lean month
- €917
Includes 4 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- €2,818
Includes 5 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Ljubljana's expat and remote-worker cluster is spread across a few walkable central-adjacent districts rather than one single 'nomad zone': the Old Town/Center (Staro Mesto) for walkability and cafés, plus Trnovo, Bežigrad and Šiška as the neighborhoods most repeatedly named by expat and relocation guides as where internationals actually settle. Several guides explicitly warn that the pedestrian Old Town core itself is the most tourist-priced and least practical to actually live in, even though it's the most-visited area.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- €1,701
Local listing
Sublet.com live listing: 2 Room / 2 Bath furnished apartment, €1701/month, month-to-month.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- €1,200
Local listing
Sublet.com live listing: 1 Room / 1 Bath furnished apartment, €1200/month, open-ended stay.
- Premium apartment
- €2,000
Estimated
No single current listing for a top-tier premium furnished unit was captured in the sources we checked; estimated as a step up from the ~€1700/month mid-tier 2BR, consistent with premium listings on Spotahome/Flatio/HousingAnywhere trending well above city-average rents for Old Town or Trnovo riverside units.
- Private room in a shared home
- €500
Estimated
No live listing site broke out a specific private-room-in-shared-home figure for Ljubljana in the sources we checked; estimated as roughly half of a budget 1BR studio, consistent with expat commentary that rooms are notably cheaper than whole apartments.
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- €300
Estimated
Blended estimate built from per-item Ljubljana grocery prices (milk, eggs, bread, chicken, produce) for a single person cooking most meals at a mid-range supermarket like Mercator or Spar; no single source stated one monthly total for Ljubljana specifically.
Sample prices
Milk (1L)
- Milk (1L)
- €1.30
Survey / cost-of-living site
Hikersbay Ljubljana price page: bottle/carton of milk (1 liter) 1.30 EUR.
Eggs (10-pack)
- Eggs (10 Pack)
- €1.25
Survey / cost-of-living site
Globalprice.info Ljubljana grocery page: eggs 1.25 EUR for 10pc.
Bread (1kg)
- Bread (1kg)
- €1.75
Estimated
Midpoint of a Slovenia-wide (not Ljubljana-specific) blog-cited range of 1.00-2.50 EUR per kg, so treated as an estimate rather than a directly sourced figure.
Chicken Breast (1kg)
- Chicken Breast (1kg)
- €7.00
Estimated
Midpoint of a Slovenia-wide (not Ljubljana-specific) blog-cited range of 5.00-9.00 EUR per kg, so treated as an estimate rather than a directly sourced figure.
Bottled Water, 1.5L (Supermarket)
- Bottled Water, 1.5L (Supermarket)
- €0.60
Estimated
No current Ljubljana-specific source captured for bottled water at the time of research; estimated from typical Central European discount-supermarket pricing.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- €6.00
Estimated
Hikersbay Ljubljana price page: McMeal at McDonald's/Burger King or similar combo meal, 8.00 EUR. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 8 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- €40
Estimated
No single current source stated a one-person high-end meal figure for Ljubljana; estimated based on typical multi-course fine-dining pricing in the Old Town relative to the sourced mid-range figure.
- Mid-range meal
- €11
Estimated
Midpoint of nomadresidence.com's stated range for Ljubljana mid-range restaurants, 'meals at mid-range restaurants costing around €10-20', so recorded as an estimate rather than a single stated figure. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 15 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
Transport
- How to get there
- city bus (LPP)
- What the pass covers
- Nominal (personalized) general monthly Urbana pass for unlimited city bus travel within Zone 1; requires ID and a Ljubljana address to obtain the personalized card.
- Single ride
- €1.50
Operator's own price
LPP's own payment page: a single journey fare is €1.50, covering up to 90 minutes with unlimited transfers.
- Monthly pass
- €37
Survey / cost-of-living site
Travel guide states the nominal (personalized) Urbana card gives a discounted monthly ticket at €37 for unlimited rides.
Mobile & data
- Carrier
- Telekom Slovenije (typical local prepaid option)
- Monthly plan
- €18
Estimated
No single operator page with a fixed plan price was retrieved; estimated mid-range prepaid plan from Telekom Slovenije (the dominant local carrier) based on typical prepaid data-SIM pricing referenced in nomad guides discussing local SIM vs. eSIM options.
- Data allowance
- approx. 10-20GB (estimated typical prepaid tier)
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Summer peak season (June–September) with 80–125% price increases over winter lows, driven by warm weather and major festivals including Ljubljana Festival (June–Sept) and Ana Desetnica street theatre festival (July). Winter (December–February) and shoulder seasons (March–May, October–November) show substantially lower demand and rates.
Low season
- Budget
- €80
2-star hotel in January-February; Momondo baseline $86/night, corroborated by KAYAK January average $101/night and Priceline low-season range €55-€90
- Luxury
- €240
5-star hotel; estimated as ~30% discount from high-season luxury tier based on documented 30-70% seasonal variance across categories
- Premium
- €160
4-star hotel; estimated ~30% below high-season peak; Airbnb entry-level properties Bottom 25% average $80/night in low season (Feb)
- Standard
- €100
3-star hotel; KAYAK reports $101/night in January; Priceline mid-range low-season €55-€90 (approx. $60-$99 USD) aligns with €90-€100 estimate
High season
- Budget
- €160
2-star hotel average in June-September, based on aggregated hotel search engines (Momondo, KAYAK, Expedia) showing $86/night baseline escalated 80-90% for peak season
- Luxury
- €350
5-star hotel; Momondo and KAYAK cite $345-$378/night for 5-star tier; Grand Plaza Hotel & Congress Center cited as Ljubljana's most popular 5-star property
- Premium
- €220
4-star hotel; KAYAK reports $238/night average across seasons; Airbnb strong-performing properties (Top 25%) average $155+ in high season
- Standard
- €170
3-star hotel average; KAYAK and Agoda report $143-$145 baseline, escalated ~30% for high season peak (July-August)
Low-season months
- January
- February
- November
- December
High-season months
- June
- July
- August
- September
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
- 1.flatio.com
- 2.sublet.com
- 3.housinganywhere.com
- 4.nestpick.com
- 5.expat.com
- 6.expatolife.com
- 7.nomadresidence.com
- 8.investropa.com
- 9.investropa.com
- 10.hikersbay.com
- 11.globalprice.info
- 12.juuli.com
- 13.makerspace.si
- 14.lpp.si
- 15.maukatravels.com
- 16.esim.holafly.com
- 17.nomadglory.com
- 18.remoteworkeurope.eu
- 19.digitalnomads.world
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Data last updated September 2026 · Verify anything important.