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Living in Tivat.

A town on the central shore of the Bay of Kotor, with Montenegro's coastal airport and the Porto Montenegro marina; its municipality counted 16,338 residents in 2023, 16% more than in 2011. On the normals of Herceg Novi, the nearest official station, only May and September fall in the 15–28 °C comfort band; the standardised asking rent for a one-bedroom flat in the centre is about $660 a month.

VerifiedUpdated

Population 16,338

MONSTAT — 2023 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings (final results; Tivat: Population by Sex and Age, Release I)

Official source

Data as of
Oct 31, 2023
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Notes
Tivat municipality (opština), final 2023 Census results: 16,338 usual residents (8,021 men, 8,317 women), 2.62% of Montenegro's 623,633; reference moment midnight of 31 October 2023, enumeration 3–30 December 2023 — 16.4% more than the 14,031 of the 2011 Census. MONSTAT publishes final results by municipality only; its preliminary settlement table (January 2024) puts 10,894 in the settlement of Tivat, with Mrčevac (2,609), Donja Lastva (898) and Radovići (537) among the rest.
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ME · TIVAT

01

At a glance

The headline numbers for Tivat — each with its own source and freshness. A live official figure is not the same as a survey estimate or a 30-year climate normal.

01

Cost of living

8.0/10
$900/mo
2024curated

MONSTAT / Eurostat PPP — comparative price level for consumer goods and services, Montenegro = 63% of EU-27 (2024)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.

02

Rent, 1–3 bed

7.7/10
$482–$1,408

/mo

2026curated

oglasi.me — long-term apartment rental listings, Tivat municipality (asking rents), snapshot of 25.09.2026

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
€/m²/month × standard floor areas (studio 30, 1br 40, 2br 60, 3br 85 m²), as for Kotor. oglasi.me listed 99 flats for long-term rent in Tivat municipality on 2026-09-25. Kept: listings posted in the 12 months to that date with a monthly price and a floor area, one per seller and flat — 16, after dropping 66 older listings, 9 without a price, 4 offered only until May or June 2027, 3 reposts and a 9 m² camper trailer. Centre = the portal's central localities of the town (Tivat inner part, town centre, Kalimanj, Seljanovo): 8 listings, median €14.365/m² (range €8.57–26.79). Outside = the rest of the town and municipality (Gradiošnica, Tripovići, Donja Lastva, Đuraševići, Krašići and others): 8 listings, median €10.444/m² (€6.67–20.00). Converted at the ECB reference rate in data/fx-rates.json (EUR 1 = USD 1.1534, 2026-08-13): studio $497 / $361, 1br $663 / $482, 2br $994 / $723, 3br $1,408 / $1,024.
Notes
SMALL SAMPLE, STANDARDISED. Sixteen listings, eight per zone, and the centre's range is wide: the dearest, €26.79/m², is a 28 m² flat with utilities included that is also let by the day. MONSTAT publishes no rent series for Montenegrin towns, and the two larger listing sites, realitica.com and estitor.com, refused automated requests (a CloudFront block and a Cloudflare challenge) and were not used. Widening the window to 24 months gives €14.286 in the centre (17 listings) and €12.50 outside (13). The median asking rent among the centre listings was €625, for a median flat of 52.5 m². The four lets left out, all in Seljanovo and all ending in May or June 2027, had a median of €11.34/m².

03

Freelancer tax

7.8/10
16%
2026curated

SettleMetric tax engine over official 2026 rules (Zakon o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica + Zakon o doprinosima)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Jan 1, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.

Air quality

no verified data
2026official

Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro (Agencija za zaštitu životne sredine) — monthly air-quality reports

Official source

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Notes
No PM2.5 measurement exists for Tivat. None of the nine stations in the Agency's monthly report for August 2026 is in Tivat, the EEA's air-quality statistics list no Tivat station, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database v8.0 has no Tivat row. The nearest station, Kotor–Dobrota (6.7 km), measures PM10 but not PM2.5; Bar (48.8 km) is the only Montenegrin station with a validated 2024 PM2.5 mean at the EEA (7.21 µg/m³).

Internet

6.4/10
85 Mbps
2024official

EKIP (Agencija za elektronske komunikacije i poštansku djelatnost) — Godišnji izvještaj o radu 2024, §2.18.1 Mjerenje brzine pristupa internetu

Official source

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Official regulator measurement. In 2024, EKIP's NetTest system (measurement server at the Montenegro IXP / MIXP, BEREC-2014-compliant) recorded 3,258 user-initiated tests; the 2,939 tests on FIXED networks gave an average measured download of 85.1 Mb/s (mobile: 319 tests, 59.5 Mb/s). BASIS DIFFERS from Poland's value: this is a MEAN of user-initiated NetTest measurements from the national regulator, NOT an M-Lab NDT daily-median aggregate and NOT a subscribed/advertised speed — so it is only loosely comparable to M-Lab-based figures for other countries (M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads lower; EKIP NetTest is a fuller multi-parameter tool and this is a mean, not a median).
Notes
M-Lab was left null earlier: the public M-Lab country files for Montenegro carry only sparse partial-January data (≈16 days, <400 fixed tests/year in 2023), too thin for a trustworthy annual median (Ookla-style figures are a forbidden source for this criterion). Used the official EKIP-measured mean instead. Corroboration (basis = subscribed/contracted speed, EKIP GI2024 §2.11 'Struktura korisnika po brzinama pristupa', end-2024): 0.08% <2 Mb/s, 16.75% 2–<30, 13.20% 30–<100, 33.99% 100–<200, 28.88% 200–<500, 6.95% 500 Mb/s–<1 Gb/s, 0.15% ≥1 Gb/s — the median SUBSCRIPTION falls in the 100–200 Mb/s tier, well above the 85.1 Mb/s measured throughput, as expected. FTTx is ~50% of subscriptions and NGA (≥30 Mb/s) covers 82% of households.

English

5.0/10
Moderate

Private health

9.4/10
$700/yr
2026curated

Montenegrin voluntary health insurers (Lovćen Osiguranje, Sava, Wiener/Uniqa) — comprehensive private plans; insurers quote on request

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Comprehensive local voluntary health insurance (outpatient + inpatient) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner runs roughly €500–900/year from domestic insurers (Lovćen, Sava, Wiener), with international IPMI plans several times higher. Curated midpoint ≈€650/year ≈ $700 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Premiums are quoted on request (no public engine), so this is a market midpoint, not a published quote; international (worldwide) plans would be far more expensive.
Notes
Montenegro's public health fund (Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje) covers residents who contribute; most foreigners without local employment buy private cover. Comprehensive local plans are inexpensive by EU standards. Refine with three named public quotes next cycle.
What the tags meanofficial — live figure from a government or authorityopen data — open dataset (Eurostat, EEA, M-Lab, UdSC…)survey — survey or index estimatecurated — SettleMetric-assembled estimate — open the source for the method

02

What it costs you per month

A planning estimate: real asking rent plus a cost-of-living basket scaled to your household. Not a quote.

Household
Lifestyle
Location
Estimated total
$1,382/mo

≈ $16,584 / year

Where it goes
  • Rent (1-bed)$482
  • Food & non-alcoholic drinks$300
  • Restaurants & cafés$130
  • Household & misc.$125
  • Utilities (electricity, water, heating)$120
  • Transport$90
  • Recreation & culture$90
  • Communications (mobile + internet)$45
  • Living costs$900

Rent from the asking-rent matrix below. Living costs scale a one-person basket ($900/mo) by household size and lifestyle; the equivalence factors are our assumption. Schooling and one-off setup are excluded.

03

Cost of living

What a single person spends each month — food, utilities, transport, eating out and the rest — excluding rent.

Typical monthly spending (national average)

MONSTAT / Eurostat comparative price levels 2024 (category indices) — derived breakdown

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Category split derived from the official Montenegro price-level indices vs EU-27 (food & non-alcoholic 84%, energy 46%, furniture 76%, etc.) applied to a single-person non-rent basket totalling ~$900/month. Illustrative allocation consistent with the cost-of-living aggregate, NOT a published household-budget-survey table — to be replaced when MONSTAT one-person HBS category data is located.
Notes
Derived allocation for display; sums to the ~$900/month aggregate. Utilities/energy are notably cheap in Montenegro (energy price level 46% of EU), while food is relatively higher (84%).
total900 USD/mo
01Food & non-alcoholic drinks300 USD
02Restaurants & cafés130 USD
03Household & misc.125 USD
04Utilities (electricity, water, heating)120 USD
05Transport90 USD
06Recreation & culture90 USD
07Communications (mobile + internet)45 USD

Montenegro's household-budget basket for a single person, excluding rent. Non-rent costs vary little between cities — the city-specific part is rent, shown under Housing below.

01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)country-level900USD/month, single person, excluding rent8.0

What this measures

Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.

Lower is betterUSD/month, single person, excluding rentre-verified every 365 days

Curated by SettleMetric

MONSTAT / Eurostat PPP — comparative price level for consumer goods and services, Montenegro = 63% of EU-27 (2024)

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.

04

Housing

What it costs to rent, by apartment type and location.

Asking rent by apartment type & location

oglasi.me — long-term apartment rental listings, Tivat municipality (asking rents), snapshot of 25.09.2026

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
€/m²/month × standard floor areas (studio 30, 1br 40, 2br 60, 3br 85 m²), as for Kotor. oglasi.me listed 99 flats for long-term rent in Tivat municipality on 2026-09-25. Kept: listings posted in the 12 months to that date with a monthly price and a floor area, one per seller and flat — 16, after dropping 66 older listings, 9 without a price, 4 offered only until May or June 2027, 3 reposts and a 9 m² camper trailer. Centre = the portal's central localities of the town (Tivat inner part, town centre, Kalimanj, Seljanovo): 8 listings, median €14.365/m² (range €8.57–26.79). Outside = the rest of the town and municipality (Gradiošnica, Tripovići, Donja Lastva, Đuraševići, Krašići and others): 8 listings, median €10.444/m² (€6.67–20.00). Converted at the ECB reference rate in data/fx-rates.json (EUR 1 = USD 1.1534, 2026-08-13): studio $497 / $361, 1br $663 / $482, 2br $994 / $723, 3br $1,408 / $1,024.
Notes
SMALL SAMPLE, STANDARDISED. Sixteen listings, eight per zone, and the centre's range is wide: the dearest, €26.79/m², is a 28 m² flat with utilities included that is also let by the day. MONSTAT publishes no rent series for Montenegrin towns, and the two larger listing sites, realitica.com and estitor.com, refused automated requests (a CloudFront block and a Cloudflare challenge) and were not used. Widening the window to 24 months gives €14.286 in the centre (17 listings) and €12.50 outside (13). The median asking rent among the centre listings was €625, for a median flat of 52.5 m². The four lets left out, all in Seljanovo and all ending in May or June 2027, had a median of €11.34/m².
SMALL SAMPLE, STANDARDISED. Sixteen listings, eight per zone, and the centre's range is wide: the dearest, €26.79/m², is a 28 m² flat with utilities included that is also let by the day. MONSTAT publishes no rent series for Montenegrin towns, and the two larger listing sites, realitica.com and estitor.com, refused automated requests (a CloudFront block and a Cloudflare challenge) and were not used. Widening the window to 24 months gives €14.286 in the centre (17 listings) and €12.50 outside (13). The median asking rent among the centre listings was €625, for a median flat of 52.5 m². The four lets left out, all in Seljanovo and all ending in May or June 2027, had a median of €11.34/m².
ApartmentCentralOutside centre
Studio497 USD/mo361 USD/mo
1-bedroom663 USD/mo482 USD/mo
2-bedroom994 USD/mo723 USD/mo
3-bedroom1,408 USD/mo1,024 USD/mo

05

Climate

Temperature and rainfall through the year, plus air quality.

Monthly normals — Tivat

NOAA/WMO Climatological Standard Normals 1991–2020 — Herceg Novi (WMO 13455), submitted by the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro

Open data

Data as of
Dec 31, 2020
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
WMO 1991–2020 station normals, NCEI accession 0253808 v6.6 (public domain), read from the station file on 2026-09-25: means of Daily_Maximum_Temperature and Daily_Minimum_Temperature and Precipitation_Total sums, every month resting on all 30 years (NOY = 30). PROXY: Montenegro's WMO 1991–2020 submission has nine stations — Bar, Bijelo Polje, Herceg Novi, Kolašin, Nikšić, Pljevlja, Podgorica, Ulcinj and Žabljak — and none in Tivat. Herceg Novi (WMO 13455, 42°27'15"N 18°32'42"E, 10 m), at the mouth of the Bay of Kotor, is the only one on the bay, 12.9 km west of Tivat's recorded coordinates. Annual: tMax 21.5 °C, tMin 12.1 °C, precipitation 1,794.3 mm.
Notes
Herceg Novi's values stand in for Tivat; they are not Tivat's own. The national service, the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology (ZHMS), has no climatological station in Tivat either: its normals pages cover eleven towns (1961–1990 only) and its 2024 annual climate bulletin thirteen, none of them Kotor or Tivat. Tivat airport has a ZHMS aviation climatography (2023), but it is built from METAR reports for 2013–2022 and gives mean temperatures at observation hours — no daily maxima or minima and no precipitation — so it cannot stand in for 1991–2020 normals.
Daytime high °CNighttime low °CRainfall mm
0°16°32°0123246mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary — high 13°C, low 4.8°C, rainfall 196.9 mmFebruary — high 13.7°C, low 4.8°C, rainfall 190.3 mmMarch — high 15.9°C, low 7°C, rainfall 173.8 mmApril — high 19.3°C, low 9.9°C, rainfall 161.8 mmMay — high 23.8°C, low 13.9°C, rainfall 105.3 mmJune — high 28.3°C, low 17.8°C, rainfall 71.4 mmJuly — high 31.3°C, low 20°C, rainfall 39.2 mmAugust — high 31.7°C, low 20.6°C, rainfall 63.1 mmSeptember — high 26.9°C, low 16.7°C, rainfall 142.3 mmOctober — high 22.5°C, low 13.4°C, rainfall 173.1 mmNovember — high 17.9°C, low 9.7°C, rainfall 231.2 mmDecember — high 14°C, low 6.1°C, rainfall 245.9 mm

Average day/night temperature (lines, left axis) and total rainfall (bars, right axis) for each month — 1991–2020 normals. Hover a month for exact figures.

Month by month
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daytime high °C13.0°13.7°15.9°19.3°23.8°28.3°31.3°31.7°26.9°22.5°17.9°14.0°
Nighttime low °C4.8°4.8°7.0°9.9°13.9°17.8°20.0°20.6°16.7°13.4°9.7°6.1°
Rainfall mm197190174162105713963142173231246
01Climate comfort2pleasant months/year2.0

What this measures

Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.

Higher is betterpleasant months/yearre-verified every 3650 days

Curated by SettleMetric

SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (WMO 1991–2020, Herceg Novi 13455 proxy)

Data as of
Dec 31, 2020
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
Months whose mean daily maximum is between 15 and 28 °C and whose precipitation is under 150 mm, over the Herceg Novi proxy normals: May (23.8 °C, 105.3 mm) and September (26.9 °C, 142.3 mm) = 2. June (28.3 °C), July (31.3) and August (31.7) are too hot; March (15.9 °C, 173.8 mm), April (19.3 °C, 161.8 mm), October (22.5 °C, 173.1 mm) and November (17.9 °C, 231.2 mm) are warm enough but too wet; December, January and February (14.0, 13.0 and 13.7 °C) are too cold.
Notes
Derived from the proxy station (see climate-normals). Rain, not heat, is what shortens the season: four months that pass the temperature test fail on precipitation, and June misses the ceiling by 0.3 °C.
02Air quality (PM2.5)no verified data—

What this measures

Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.

Lower is betterµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5re-verified every 730 days

No PM2.5 measurement exists for Tivat. None of the nine stations in the Agency's monthly report for August 2026 is in Tivat, the EEA's air-quality statistics list no Tivat station, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database v8.0 has no Tivat row. The nearest station, Kotor–Dobrota (6.7 km), measures PM10 but not PM2.5; Bar (48.8 km) is the only Montenegrin station with a validated 2024 PM2.5 mean at the EEA (7.21 µg/m³).

06

Safety

How safe daily life is, from official crime statistics.

01Homicide ratecountry-level0.8intentional homicides per 100,000/year9.4

What this measures

Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).

Lower is betterintentional homicides per 100,000/yearre-verified every 730 days

Open data

Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
Crime by offence typecountry-levelpolice-recorded per 100,000 · 2024

Eurostat — police-recorded offences by category (crim_off_cat, ICCS, unit P_HTHAB)

Open data

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 12, 2026
Notes
Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, burglary 0501, drug offences 0601, serious assault 020111, sexual violence 0301, robbery 0401). Intentional homicide (1.92, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
01Theft57.7per 100k
02Burglary51.2per 100k
03Drug offences47.5per 100k
04Serious assault26per 100k
05Sexual violence7.9per 100k
06Robbery5.1per 100k

Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, burglary 0501, drug offences 0601, serious assault 020111, sexual violence 0301, robbery 0401). Intentional homicide (1.92, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.

Hate crime (police-recorded)country-levelpolice-recorded · 2024

OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting — Montenegro (official police-recorded)

Official source

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 15, 2026
Notes
OSCE ODIHR 2024: only 3 hate crimes recorded by police, all 3 racist/xenophobic (one case of violence at a sporting event was excluded as outside the OSCE definition; a case can carry multiple bias motives, so the breakdown exceeds the 3 incidents). Very low counts, not comparable across countries.
3
recorded by police
3
racist / xenophobic

OSCE ODIHR 2024: only 3 hate crimes recorded by police, all 3 racist/xenophobic (one case of violence at a sporting event was excluded as outside the OSCE definition; a case can carry multiple bias motives, so the breakdown exceeds the 3 incidents). Very low counts, not comparable across countries.

07

Infrastructure

Internet speed and how parcels get to your door.

01Domestic delivery qualitycountry-levelGood7.0

What this measures

Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.

Rated by category—re-verified every 730 days

Official source

Pošta Crne Gore (national postal operator) — network and parcel services

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Pošta Crne Gore provides nationwide postal and parcel/EMS coverage across a compact country; private couriers (DHL, and regional operators) serve the main cities. 1–3 day domestic delivery is normal; parcel-locker networks are not as dense as in larger EU markets. Classified 'good' rather than 'excellent'. Method: national operator service pages + carrier presence.
02International delivery easecountry-levelSignificant friction4.0

What this measures

Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.

Rated by category—re-verified every 365 days

Official source

Uprava prihoda i carina (Customs Administration) — de minimis for low-value imports (legal-entity sender €75, natural-person sender €45; 21% VAT above)

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Montenegro is NOT in the EU/EU customs union, so cross-border parcels clear Montenegrin customs. Low de-minimis: gifts/goods up to €75 (from a legal entity) or €45 (from a private person) are duty/VAT-free; above that, 21% VAT (and duty above €150) applies with customs clearance. Major carriers (DHL, etc.) deliver but customs processing, brokerage and the low threshold add routine friction. Classified significant-friction. De-minimis rule confirmed via the Customs Administration; re-verify the exact current thresholds against the Carinski zakon.
03Internet speedcountry-level85.1Mbps, median fixed download6.4

What this measures

Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.

Higher is betterMbps, median fixed downloadre-verified every 365 days

Official source

EKIP (Agencija za elektronske komunikacije i poštansku djelatnost) — Godišnji izvještaj o radu 2024, §2.18.1 Mjerenje brzine pristupa internetu

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Official regulator measurement. In 2024, EKIP's NetTest system (measurement server at the Montenegro IXP / MIXP, BEREC-2014-compliant) recorded 3,258 user-initiated tests; the 2,939 tests on FIXED networks gave an average measured download of 85.1 Mb/s (mobile: 319 tests, 59.5 Mb/s). BASIS DIFFERS from Poland's value: this is a MEAN of user-initiated NetTest measurements from the national regulator, NOT an M-Lab NDT daily-median aggregate and NOT a subscribed/advertised speed — so it is only loosely comparable to M-Lab-based figures for other countries (M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads lower; EKIP NetTest is a fuller multi-parameter tool and this is a mean, not a median).
Notes
M-Lab was left null earlier: the public M-Lab country files for Montenegro carry only sparse partial-January data (≈16 days, <400 fixed tests/year in 2023), too thin for a trustworthy annual median (Ookla-style figures are a forbidden source for this criterion). Used the official EKIP-measured mean instead. Corroboration (basis = subscribed/contracted speed, EKIP GI2024 §2.11 'Struktura korisnika po brzinama pristupa', end-2024): 0.08% <2 Mb/s, 16.75% 2–<30, 13.20% 30–<100, 33.99% 100–<200, 28.88% 200–<500, 6.95% 500 Mb/s–<1 Gb/s, 0.15% ≥1 Gb/s — the median SUBSCRIPTION falls in the 100–200 Mb/s tier, well above the 85.1 Mb/s measured throughput, as expected. FTTx is ~50% of subscriptions and NGA (≥30 Mb/s) covers 82% of households.

08

Healthcare

What comprehensive private medical cover costs.

01Private healthcare costcountry-level700USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old9.4

What this measures

Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.

Lower is betterUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldre-verified every 365 days

Curated by SettleMetric

Montenegrin voluntary health insurers (Lovćen Osiguranje, Sava, Wiener/Uniqa) — comprehensive private plans; insurers quote on request

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Comprehensive local voluntary health insurance (outpatient + inpatient) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner runs roughly €500–900/year from domestic insurers (Lovćen, Sava, Wiener), with international IPMI plans several times higher. Curated midpoint ≈€650/year ≈ $700 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Premiums are quoted on request (no public engine), so this is a market midpoint, not a published quote; international (worldwide) plans would be far more expensive.
Notes
Montenegro's public health fund (Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje) covers residents who contribute; most foreigners without local employment buy private cover. Comprehensive local plans are inexpensive by EU standards. Refine with three named public quotes next cycle.

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Money & crypto

Crypto rules and how freely personal money moves.

01Crypto regulationcountry-levelLegal regulated8.0

What this measures

Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.

Rated by category—re-verified every 180 days

Official source

Zakon o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica — capital gains / income from capital taxed at flat 15% (čl. 10, prihodi iz čl. 12 st. 2 tač. 3–8); Central Bank of Montenegro position (virtual currencies not legal tender)

Data as of
Jul 1, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Holding and trading crypto is legal for individuals; it is not legal tender (Central Bank warning). Gains are taxed under the personal income tax as capital income at the flat 15% rate. As an EU candidate, Montenegro is drafting a MiCA-aligned virtual-assets law (public consultation opened 2025; a Directorate for Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain was established), but comprehensive dedicated crypto legislation was not yet adopted as of mid-2026 — classified legal-regulated (standard taxation, licensing framework pending), not legal-friendly.
02Financial control levelcountry-levelLow10.0

What this measures

Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.

Rated by category—re-verified every 365 days

Official source

Central Bank of Montenegro — unilateral euroisation (EUR is legal tender); no capital controls on personal funds

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Composite classification: Montenegro unilaterally uses the euro, so personal funds are held and moved in a fully convertible currency with no exchange restrictions; no capital controls on residents' personal transfers; foreigners can open bank accounts (KYC applies). Not an EU/eurozone member, so no ECB backstop and banking is smaller-scale. No FBAR-style foreign-account reporting for individuals beyond standard AML/CRS. Method inputs: CBCG monetary framework, absence of currency-control regulations, standard AML/KYC. Low = free movement of personal money.

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Language

How far English gets you in daily life and services.

01English proficiencycountry-levelModerate5.0

What this measures

Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.

Rated by category—re-verified every 730 days

Research

MONSTAT 2023 Census — knowledge of foreign languages; official language status (Montenegrin); no EF EPI band published for Montenegro

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Own band. Montenegro is NOT ranked in the EF EPI 2025 edition, so no EF band is available. English is widely used in tourism, coastal towns and among younger people, but government offices and much of daily administration operate in Montenegrin (Cyrillic/Latin). Banded 'moderate' — workable in tourist/service settings, less so in bureaucracy. To upgrade if a MONSTAT census English-knowledge figure or a future EF EPI entry is confirmed.

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Education

International schooling options for families.

01International schools1accredited international schools, count2.0

What this measures

Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).

Higher is betteraccredited international schools, countre-verified every 730 days

Curated by SettleMetric

Council of International Schools — membership directory, Knightsbridge Schools International Montenegro, Tivat

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
Schools in Tivat municipality on an accreditor's own registry, read on 2026-09-25: Knightsbridge Schools International Montenegro, Park bb, Porto Montenegro, 85320 Tivat — in the CIS membership directory (the member map at cois.my.salesforce-sites.com/Map/ behind cois.org/membership-directory, queried for Montenegro) with the status 'Accredited', an active membership and the IB Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes flagged; its map pin is 0.8 km from the town's recorded coordinates. It is the only Montenegrin school in the directory with that status; the other entry, United Kids International Montenegro in Podgorica, is a 'Prospect'.
Notes
FLOOR. ibo.org answered our requests with a Cloudflare challenge, so the IB authorisations were not read at the IB itself; the programmes are as the CIS record lists them. COBIS's school-search data (last modified 17 September 2026) lists no school in Tivat. Cambridge International's school finder renders only in a browser, so Cambridge-registered schools could not be enumerated. Arcadia Academy, a COBIS member 5.8 km away, is counted under Kotor.

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Demographics

Who else lives here — the share of foreign residents and the largest national communities, from official statistics.

Openness to foreignerscountry-levelLow acceptanceGallup MAI 1.87/9 · 2019

What this measures

How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.

Reference data—re-verified every 1825 days

Research

Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index, 2019 update (research, attribution)

Data as of
Sep 23, 2020
Verified
Jul 15, 2026
Notes
Gallup MAI 1.87/9 (2019 wave, up from 1.63 in 2016) — among the world’s least-accepting countries, alongside its Balkan neighbours. Band: low.
Who lives therecountry-levelforeign residents 9.2%

MONSTAT — 2023 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings: population by citizenship

Official source

Data as of
Oct 31, 2023
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
2023 Census (reference date 31 Oct 2023): total 623,633 residents. Foreign citizenship only = 46,878 (7.52%); Montenegrin + foreign (dual) = 10,691 (1.71%); stateless = 240 (0.04%). Counting foreign-only + dual = 57,569 ≈ 9.2% of residents. The residence-basis figure (foreign-only) is 7.52%.
Notes
Census self-declaration basis (as of Oct 2023), which captures resident population including those with temporary protection at the time. Interior Ministry residence-permit data (June 2023) cited a higher ~96,000 (~15%) figure including all temporary/permanent permit holders; the census (usual-resident, self-declared) is used here as the official statistical basis. Largest foreign groups: Russia and Serbia (see nationality-breakdown).
Largest communities of foreign residents46,878 total

MONSTAT — 2023 Census, population with foreign citizenship by country (Table 4)

Official source

Data as of
Oct 31, 2023
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
MONSTAT 2023 Census Table 4 (foreign-citizenship residents, total 46,878 = 100%). Shares as published: Russia 28.90%, Serbia 27.80%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.77%, Kosovo 6.51%, Ukraine 6.50%, all EU countries combined 5.55%. Turkey and Albania follow. Excludes dual (Montenegrin+foreign) citizens (10,691).
Notes
Foreign-only citizenship basis. Russians and Serbs are by far the largest communities, together ~57% of foreign nationals; a large Russian influx followed 2022. Counts are census self-declaration; residence-permit registers give somewhat different totals.
01Russia28.9%13,550
02Serbia27.8%13,031
03Bosnia and Herzegovina10.8%5,050
04Kosovo6.5%3,053
05Ukraine6.5%3,049
06European Union (all)5.6%2,602

Foreign-only citizenship basis. Russians and Serbs are by far the largest communities, together ~57% of foreign nationals; a large Russian influx followed 2022. Counts are census self-declaration; residence-permit registers give somewhat different totals.

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How you can stay

How you can legally enter and stay. These apply across Montenegro.

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What you'd pay in taxes

The tax schemes a freelancer can choose from. Rules are national, the same in Tivat as anywhere in Montenegro.

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Your income against Montenegro's real tax schemes — the same engine as the full calculator.

  1. 1 Digital nomad — PIT exemption on foreign-source income
    60,000 EURnet/year
    0.0% burden
  2. 2 Preduzetnik (sole trader) — actual-income taxation
    49,371 EURnet/year
    17.7% burden
  3. 3 Employment (zarada) — payroll PIT and contributions
    45,047 EURnet/year
    24.9% burden
  4. 4 Preduzetnik — paušalno (flat-rate) taxationover income cap
    49,371 EURnet/year
    17.7% burden

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Who is Tivat for?

The same place reads differently depending on why you move. Each lens pulls the facts that matter most for that plan — with sources, and the trade-offs stated plainly.

Contract or freelance in tech, billing clients abroad.

Works in your favour

Freelancer tax burden16%

SettleMetric tax engine over official 2026 rules (Zakon o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica + Zakon o doprinosima)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Jan 1, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$900/mo

MONSTAT / Eurostat PPP — comparative price level for consumer goods and services, Montenegro = 63% of EU-27 (2024)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.
Domestic delivery qualityGood

Pošta Crne Gore (national postal operator) — network and parcel services

Official source

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Pošta Crne Gore provides nationwide postal and parcel/EMS coverage across a compact country; private couriers (DHL, and regional operators) serve the main cities. 1–3 day domestic delivery is normal; parcel-locker networks are not as dense as in larger EU markets. Classified 'good' rather than 'excellent'. Method: national operator service pages + carrier presence.

Watch-outs

Internet speed85 Mbps

EKIP (Agencija za elektronske komunikacije i poštansku djelatnost) — Godišnji izvještaj o radu 2024, §2.18.1 Mjerenje brzine pristupa internetu

Official source

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Official regulator measurement. In 2024, EKIP's NetTest system (measurement server at the Montenegro IXP / MIXP, BEREC-2014-compliant) recorded 3,258 user-initiated tests; the 2,939 tests on FIXED networks gave an average measured download of 85.1 Mb/s (mobile: 319 tests, 59.5 Mb/s). BASIS DIFFERS from Poland's value: this is a MEAN of user-initiated NetTest measurements from the national regulator, NOT an M-Lab NDT daily-median aggregate and NOT a subscribed/advertised speed — so it is only loosely comparable to M-Lab-based figures for other countries (M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads lower; EKIP NetTest is a fuller multi-parameter tool and this is a mean, not a median).
Notes
M-Lab was left null earlier: the public M-Lab country files for Montenegro carry only sparse partial-January data (≈16 days, <400 fixed tests/year in 2023), too thin for a trustworthy annual median (Ookla-style figures are a forbidden source for this criterion). Used the official EKIP-measured mean instead. Corroboration (basis = subscribed/contracted speed, EKIP GI2024 §2.11 'Struktura korisnika po brzinama pristupa', end-2024): 0.08% <2 Mb/s, 16.75% 2–<30, 13.20% 30–<100, 33.99% 100–<200, 28.88% 200–<500, 6.95% 500 Mb/s–<1 Gb/s, 0.15% ≥1 Gb/s — the median SUBSCRIPTION falls in the 100–200 Mb/s tier, well above the 85.1 Mb/s measured throughput, as expected. FTTx is ~50% of subscriptions and NGA (≥30 Mb/s) covers 82% of households.
English proficiencyModerate

MONSTAT 2023 Census — knowledge of foreign languages; official language status (Montenegrin); no EF EPI band published for Montenegro

Research

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Own band. Montenegro is NOT ranked in the EF EPI 2025 edition, so no EF band is available. English is widely used in tourism, coastal towns and among younger people, but government offices and much of daily administration operate in Montenegrin (Cyrillic/Latin). Banded 'moderate' — workable in tourist/service settings, less so in bureaucracy. To upgrade if a MONSTAT census English-knowledge figure or a future EF EPI entry is confirmed.

Relocating with a partner and school-age children.

Works in your favour

Homicide rate0.81/100k

Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro

Open data

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
Private healthcare cost$700/yr

Montenegrin voluntary health insurers (Lovćen Osiguranje, Sava, Wiener/Uniqa) — comprehensive private plans; insurers quote on request

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Comprehensive local voluntary health insurance (outpatient + inpatient) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner runs roughly €500–900/year from domestic insurers (Lovćen, Sava, Wiener), with international IPMI plans several times higher. Curated midpoint ≈€650/year ≈ $700 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Premiums are quoted on request (no public engine), so this is a market midpoint, not a published quote; international (worldwide) plans would be far more expensive.
Notes
Montenegro's public health fund (Fond za zdravstveno osiguranje) covers residents who contribute; most foreigners without local employment buy private cover. Comprehensive local plans are inexpensive by EU standards. Refine with three named public quotes next cycle.

Watch-outs

International schools1

Council of International Schools — membership directory, Knightsbridge Schools International Montenegro, Tivat

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
Schools in Tivat municipality on an accreditor's own registry, read on 2026-09-25: Knightsbridge Schools International Montenegro, Park bb, Porto Montenegro, 85320 Tivat — in the CIS membership directory (the member map at cois.my.salesforce-sites.com/Map/ behind cois.org/membership-directory, queried for Montenegro) with the status 'Accredited', an active membership and the IB Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes flagged; its map pin is 0.8 km from the town's recorded coordinates. It is the only Montenegrin school in the directory with that status; the other entry, United Kids International Montenegro in Podgorica, is a 'Prospect'.
Notes
FLOOR. ibo.org answered our requests with a Cloudflare challenge, so the IB authorisations were not read at the IB itself; the programmes are as the CIS record lists them. COBIS's school-search data (last modified 17 September 2026) lists no school in Tivat. Cambridge International's school finder renders only in a browser, so Cambridge-registered schools could not be enumerated. Arcadia Academy, a COBIS member 5.8 km away, is counted under Kotor.
Air quality (PM2.5)no verified data

Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro (Agencija za zaštitu životne sredine) — monthly air-quality reports

Official source

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Notes
No PM2.5 measurement exists for Tivat. None of the nine stations in the Agency's monthly report for August 2026 is in Tivat, the EEA's air-quality statistics list no Tivat station, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database v8.0 has no Tivat row. The nearest station, Kotor–Dobrota (6.7 km), measures PM10 but not PM2.5; Bar (48.8 km) is the only Montenegrin station with a validated 2024 PM2.5 mean at the EEA (7.21 µg/m³).

Optimising tax, banking and crypto rules.

Works in your favour

Crypto regulationLegal regulated

Zakon o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica — capital gains / income from capital taxed at flat 15% (čl. 10, prihodi iz čl. 12 st. 2 tač. 3–8); Central Bank of Montenegro position (virtual currencies not legal tender)

Official source

Data as of
Jul 1, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Holding and trading crypto is legal for individuals; it is not legal tender (Central Bank warning). Gains are taxed under the personal income tax as capital income at the flat 15% rate. As an EU candidate, Montenegro is drafting a MiCA-aligned virtual-assets law (public consultation opened 2025; a Directorate for Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain was established), but comprehensive dedicated crypto legislation was not yet adopted as of mid-2026 — classified legal-regulated (standard taxation, licensing framework pending), not legal-friendly.
Financial control levelLow

Central Bank of Montenegro — unilateral euroisation (EUR is legal tender); no capital controls on personal funds

Official source

Data as of
Jul 4, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Composite classification: Montenegro unilaterally uses the euro, so personal funds are held and moved in a fully convertible currency with no exchange restrictions; no capital controls on residents' personal transfers; foreigners can open bank accounts (KYC applies). Not an EU/eurozone member, so no ECB backstop and banking is smaller-scale. No FBAR-style foreign-account reporting for individuals beyond standard AML/CRS. Method inputs: CBCG monetary framework, absence of currency-control regulations, standard AML/KYC. Low = free movement of personal money.
Freelancer tax burden16%

SettleMetric tax engine over official 2026 rules (Zakon o porezu na dohodak fizičkih lica + Zakon o doprinosima)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Jan 1, 2026
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Best generally-available registered scheme me-preduzetnik-stvarni at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses, Podgorica: social contributions (PIO 10% + unemployment 1% on the 150%-of-average-wage notional base = €2,387.88) + PIT 9%/15% on €51,612 profit incl. 15% municipal surtax (€7,205.69) = €9,593.57 → 16.0%. A digital-nomad permit holder pays 0% PIT on foreign-source income (scheme me-digital-nomad-exempt) — the far lower option, but it is a temporary residence-status exemption (foreign income only, programme running to end-2026), so the comparable general-freelancer burden is recorded here.

Prioritising safety, air, and an easy daily life.

Works in your favour

Homicide rate0.81/100k

Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS0101), rate per hundred thousand, Montenegro

Open data

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Notes
Eurostat series for Montenegro (EU candidate), updated 2026-04-29: 2024 = 0.81, 2023 = 1.13, 2022 = 2.26, 2021 = 2.57 per 100,000 — a clear multi-year decline. Police-recorded basis.
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$900/mo

MONSTAT / Eurostat PPP — comparative price level for consumer goods and services, Montenegro = 63% of EU-27 (2024)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Dec 31, 2024
Verified
Jul 4, 2026
Method
Anchored on the official comparative price level (Montenegro AIC = 63% of EU-27 in 2024; food & non-alcoholic beverages 84%, energy 46%, restaurants/services lower). A single-person non-rent basket (food, utilities, transport, mobile+internet, modest leisure) at ~63% of the EU-27 average maps to roughly €800–850/month; converted at ≈1.08 USD/EUR ≈ $900/month. Curated estimate from the official price-level index (a household-budget-survey basket line was not separately published by MONSTAT at check time); treat as approximate and refine against a published one-person HBS basket.

Watch-outs

Climate comfort2/12 mo

SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (WMO 1991–2020, Herceg Novi 13455 proxy)

Curated by SettleMetric

Data as of
Dec 31, 2020
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Method
Months whose mean daily maximum is between 15 and 28 °C and whose precipitation is under 150 mm, over the Herceg Novi proxy normals: May (23.8 °C, 105.3 mm) and September (26.9 °C, 142.3 mm) = 2. June (28.3 °C), July (31.3) and August (31.7) are too hot; March (15.9 °C, 173.8 mm), April (19.3 °C, 161.8 mm), October (22.5 °C, 173.1 mm) and November (17.9 °C, 231.2 mm) are warm enough but too wet; December, January and February (14.0, 13.0 and 13.7 °C) are too cold.
Notes
Derived from the proxy station (see climate-normals). Rain, not heat, is what shortens the season: four months that pass the temperature test fail on precipitation, and June misses the ceiling by 0.3 °C.
Air quality (PM2.5)no verified data

Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro (Agencija za zaštitu životne sredine) — monthly air-quality reports

Official source

Data as of
Sep 25, 2026
Verified
Sep 25, 2026
Notes
No PM2.5 measurement exists for Tivat. None of the nine stations in the Agency's monthly report for August 2026 is in Tivat, the EEA's air-quality statistics list no Tivat station, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database v8.0 has no Tivat row. The nearest station, Kotor–Dobrota (6.7 km), measures PM10 but not PM2.5; Bar (48.8 km) is the only Montenegrin station with a validated 2024 PM2.5 mean at the EEA (7.21 µg/m³).

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