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Vivir en Budva.

Budva is Montenegro's main coastal resort town (≈20,000 residents; ≈27,000 in the municipality), the country's tourism and seasonal-rental centre on the central Adriatic. It offers a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, a walkable old town and beaches, and the largest concentration of foreigners and short-term rentals on the coast — at rents well above interior Podgorica and with a strongly seasonal economy.

Verificado

Población 20.168

MONSTAT — 2023 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings (settlements/naselja table)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
31 oct 2023
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
Budva town settlement (naselje), 2023 census reference date 2023-10-31. The wider Budva municipality (opština) held 27,445 residents at the same census — the fastest-growing municipality in Montenegro (+2.9%/yr since 2011). Figure sourced to MONSTAT's census settlements table (cross-checked via citypopulation.de, which republishes MONSTAT); if the town vs. municipality basis matters for a use, prefer the municipality figure 27,445.
· Europe/Podgorica· Se aplican las normas de Montenegro

ME · BUDVA

01

Vista rápida

Las cifras principales de Budva, cada una con su fuente y su frescura. Una cifra oficial viva no es lo mismo que una estimación de encuesta ni que una normal climática de 30 años.

01

Coste de vida

8.0/10
$900/mo
2024recopilado

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

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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

Alquiler, 1–3 dorm.

7.0/10
$625–$1595

/mes

2026recopilado

Realting.com long-term rental listings, Budva (asking prices)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
Anchored to Budva long-term asking-rent listings observed 2026-07-04 (studio 32 m² ≈ €525; 1BR 38–56 m² ≈ €589–1,000; 2BR 68–69 m² ≈ €884–1,531; 3BR 78–107 m² ≈ €857–1,507), converted at 1.14 USD/EUR. Per-room typical values (studio ≈€500, 1BR ≈€700, 2BR ≈€880, 3BR ≈€1,150) were split into center vs outside using an approximate ±13% central premium (center ×1.14, outside ×0.90) reflecting the old-town/boulevard/sea-view premium visible in the listings.
Notas
DERIVED / LOW-CONFIDENCE: the source does not cleanly separate central vs outside the centre, so every cell's center/outside split is an estimate (per-room typical × central-premium multiplier), not directly observed. Room-level typical rents are grounded in the listing ranges; the center/outside allocation is derived. No official Budva rent statistic exists. Figures are long-term asking rents; peak-summer short-term rates are much higher.

03

Impuestos del autónomo

7.8/10
16%
2026recopilado

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

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
1 ene 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.

Calidad del aire

sin datos verificados
2026oficial

Agency for Nature and Environment Protection of Montenegro (EPA Montenegro) — air-quality monitoring

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
No verified annual-mean PM2.5 for Budva from an official source at check time. Budva is not in the EEA European city air-quality viewer (Montenegro is an EU candidate, not an EEA air-quality reporting member with city entries), and only real-time aggregator AQI readings (which suggested low single-digit-to-~10 µg/m³ coastal levels) were available — not a verified annual mean. Coastal Budva lacks the winter wood-heating basin inversions that drive Podgorica's particulate spikes, so its annual mean is likely lower than the interior, but a verified figure is needed. Left null pending an EPA Montenegro or EEA annual station statistic for Budva.

Internet

6.4/10
85 Mbps
2024oficial

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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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).
Notas
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.

Inglés

5.0/10
Moderate

Sanidad privada

9.4/10
$700/yr
2026recopilado

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

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.
Notas
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.
Qué significan las etiquetasoficial — cifra viva de un gobierno o una autoridaddatos abiertos — conjunto de datos abierto (Eurostat, AEMA, M-Lab, UdSC…)encuesta — estimación de una encuesta o un índicerecopilado — estimación montada por SettleMetric: abre la fuente para ver el método

02

Lo que te cuesta al mes

Una estimación para planificar: alquiler de oferta real más una cesta de coste de vida ajustada a tu hogar. No es un presupuesto en firme.

Hogar
Estilo de vida
Zona
Total estimado
$1525/mes

≈ $18.300 / año

En qué se va
  • Alquiler (1 dorm.)$625
  • 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
  • Gastos corrientes$900

El alquiler sale de la matriz de alquileres de oferta de abajo. Los gastos corrientes escalan una cesta de una persona ($900/mes) según el tamaño del hogar y el estilo de vida; los factores de equivalencia son un supuesto nuestro. No se incluyen colegios ni gastos únicos de instalación.

03

Coste de vida

Lo que gasta al mes una persona sola —comida, suministros, transporte, comer fuera y lo demás—, sin contar el alquiler.

Gasto mensual típico (media nacional)

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

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.
Notas
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/mes
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

Cesta de gasto de un hogar de una persona en Montenegro, sin contar el alquiler. Lo que no es alquiler varía poco entre ciudades; la parte propia de cada ciudad es el alquiler, que aparece más abajo en Vivienda.

01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)a nivel de país900USD/month, single person, excluding rent8.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/month, single person, excluding rentse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Recopilado por SettleMetric

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

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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

Vivienda

Lo que cuesta alquilar, por tipo de vivienda y zona.

Alquiler de oferta por tipo de vivienda y zona

Realting.com long-term rental listings, Budva (asking prices)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
Anchored to Budva long-term asking-rent listings observed 2026-07-04 (studio 32 m² ≈ €525; 1BR 38–56 m² ≈ €589–1,000; 2BR 68–69 m² ≈ €884–1,531; 3BR 78–107 m² ≈ €857–1,507), converted at 1.14 USD/EUR. Per-room typical values (studio ≈€500, 1BR ≈€700, 2BR ≈€880, 3BR ≈€1,150) were split into center vs outside using an approximate ±13% central premium (center ×1.14, outside ×0.90) reflecting the old-town/boulevard/sea-view premium visible in the listings.
Notas
DERIVED / LOW-CONFIDENCE: the source does not cleanly separate central vs outside the centre, so every cell's center/outside split is an estimate (per-room typical × central-premium multiplier), not directly observed. Room-level typical rents are grounded in the listing ranges; the center/outside allocation is derived. No official Budva rent statistic exists. Figures are long-term asking rents; peak-summer short-term rates are much higher.
DERIVED / LOW-CONFIDENCE: the source does not cleanly separate central vs outside the centre, so every cell's center/outside split is an estimate (per-room typical × central-premium multiplier), not directly observed. Room-level typical rents are grounded in the listing ranges; the center/outside allocation is derived. No official Budva rent statistic exists. Figures are long-term asking rents; peak-summer short-term rates are much higher.
ViviendaCentroFuera del centro
Estudio640 USD/mes515 USD/mes
1 dormitorio800 USD/mes625 USD/mes
2 dormitorios1140 USD/mes910 USD/mes
3 dormitorios1595 USD/mes1195 USD/mes

05

Clima

Temperatura y lluvia a lo largo del año, más la calidad del aire.

Normales mensuales — Budva

NOAA/WMO Climatological Standard Normals — Bar (WMO 13461), submitted by the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro

Datos abiertos

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2020
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
WMO 1991–2020 station normals, NCEI accession 0253808 (public domain). PROXY: Budva has no dedicated WMO 1991–2020 station in the Montenegro submission; the nearest official coastal station is Bar (WMO 13461, 42.10°N 19.08°E, 5.7 m elevation), ≈30 km south on the same central-Adriatic coast at near-sea-level. Its Mediterranean profile (annual ≈1,355 mm, driest month July ≈32 mm, wettest December ≈179 mm) matches published Budva aggregator climatologies closely, so Bar is used as the Budva coastal proxy.
Notas
Values are the BAR station normals used as a proxy for Budva (no Budva WMO 1991–2020 station exists). Budva's own climate is marginally warmer in summer and slightly drier than Bar per informal sources, but only Bar has an official public-domain 1991–2020 normals set on this coast.
Máxima diurna °CMínima nocturna °CLluvia mm
0°15°30°089179mmenefebmarabrmayjunjulagoseptoctnovdicenero: máxima 13.2 °C, mínima 5.5 °C, lluvia 142.1 mmfebrero: máxima 13.7 °C, mínima 5.9 °C, lluvia 128.2 mmmarzo: máxima 15.9 °C, mínima 7.8 °C, lluvia 130.7 mmabril: máxima 19 °C, mínima 10.5 °C, lluvia 111.9 mmmayo: máxima 23.6 °C, mínima 14.5 °C, lluvia 81.5 mmjunio: máxima 27.6 °C, mínima 18.4 °C, lluvia 53.6 mmjulio: máxima 30.1 °C, mínima 20.6 °C, lluvia 32 mmagosto: máxima 30.4 °C, mínima 21 °C, lluvia 45.3 mmseptiembre: máxima 27 °C, mínima 17.7 °C, lluvia 134 mmoctubre: máxima 23 °C, mínima 14.1 °C, lluvia 152.3 mmnoviembre: máxima 18.6 °C, mínima 10.5 °C, lluvia 164.6 mmdiciembre: máxima 14.4 °C, mínima 7 °C, lluvia 178.9 mm

Temperatura media de día y de noche (líneas, eje izquierdo) y lluvia total (barras, eje derecho) por mes, con normales de 1991–2020. Pasa el cursor por un mes para ver las cifras exactas.

Mes a mes
enefebmarabrmayjunjulagoseptoctnovdic
Máxima diurna °C13.2°13.7°15.9°19.0°23.6°27.6°30.1°30.4°27.0°23.0°18.6°14.4°
Mínima nocturna °C5.5°5.9°7.8°10.5°14.5°18.4°20.6°21.0°17.7°14.1°10.5°7.0°
Lluvia mm14212813111282543245134152165179
01Climate comfort5pleasant months/year5.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Cuanto más alto, mejorpleasant months/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días

Recopilado por SettleMetric

SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Bar WMO 13461 proxy)

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2020
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm, computed over the Bar-proxy normals: Mar (15.9°C, 131mm), Apr (19.0°C, 112mm), May (23.6°C, 82mm), Jun (27.6°C, 54mm), Sep (27.0°C, 134mm) = 5. Jul/Aug excluded (max >28°C); Oct/Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb excluded (Oct/Nov/Dec precip >150mm; Jan/Feb max <15°C).
Notas
Derived from the Bar coastal-station proxy (see climate-normals). Hot, dry midsummer pushes above the 28°C comfort ceiling; autumn is warm but wet.
02Air quality (PM2.5)sin datos verificados—

Qué mide esto

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.

Cuanto más bajo, mejorµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

No verified annual-mean PM2.5 for Budva from an official source at check time. Budva is not in the EEA European city air-quality viewer (Montenegro is an EU candidate, not an EEA air-quality reporting member with city entries), and only real-time aggregator AQI readings (which suggested low single-digit-to-~10 µg/m³ coastal levels) were available — not a verified annual mean. Coastal Budva lacks the winter wood-heating basin inversions that drive Podgorica's particulate spikes, so its annual mean is likely lower than the interior, but a verified figure is needed. Left null pending an EPA Montenegro or EEA annual station statistic for Budva.

06

Seguridad

Cómo de segura es la vida diaria, según estadísticas oficiales de criminalidad.

01Homicide ratea nivel de país0,8intentional homicides per 100,000/year9.4

Qué mide esto

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).

Cuanto más bajo, mejorintentional homicides per 100,000/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

Datos abiertos

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

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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.
Delitos por tipoa nivel de paísregistrados por la policía por cada 100 000 · 2024

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

Datos abiertos

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
12 jul 2026
Notas
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.
01Theft57,7por 100 000
02Burglary51,2por 100 000
03Drug offences47,5por 100 000
04Serious assault26por 100 000
05Sexual violence7,9por 100 000
06Robbery5,1por 100 000

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.

Delitos de odio (registrados por la policía)a nivel de paísregistrados por la policía · 2024

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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
15 jul 2026
Notas
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
registrados por la policía
3
racistas o xenófobos

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

Infraestructura

Velocidad de internet y cómo llegan los paquetes a tu puerta.

01Domestic delivery qualitya nivel de paísGood7.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

Fuente oficial

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

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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 easea nivel de paísSignificant friction4.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Fuente oficial

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

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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 speeda nivel de país85,1Mbps, median fixed download6.4

Qué mide esto

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.

Cuanto más alto, mejorMbps, median fixed downloadse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Fuente oficial

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

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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).
Notas
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

Sanidad

Lo que cuesta un seguro médico privado completo.

01Private healthcare costa nivel de país700USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old9.4

Qué mide esto

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.

Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Recopilado por SettleMetric

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

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.
Notas
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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Dinero y cripto

Normas sobre cripto y con qué libertad se mueve el dinero personal.

01Crypto regulationa nivel de paísLegal regulated8.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días

Fuente oficial

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)

Datos a fecha de
1 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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 levela nivel de paísLow10.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Fuente oficial

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

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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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Idioma

Hasta dónde llega el inglés en la vida diaria y en los trámites.

01English proficiencya nivel de paísModerate5.0

Qué mide esto

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.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

Estudio

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

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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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Educación

Opciones de colegios internacionales para familias.

01International schools1accredited international schools, count2.0

Qué mide esto

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).

Cuanto más alto, mejoraccredited international schools, countse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

Fuente oficial

International Baccalaureate — official school directory, Adriatic College (IB school code 061428)

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
Verified against accreditor registries. Within Budva municipality, one school is accredited by a qualifying body: Adriatic College (Babin Do, Budva 85310) — authorized IB World School (IB Diploma Programme, authorized 2021-05-26; IB school code 061428). Checked for others: Arcadia Academy (Cambridge International + COBIS) is in Kotor municipality (Ljesevići bb, Kotor 85330) and Knightsbridge School International (IB) is in the Bay of Kotor/Tivat area — both OUTSIDE Budva municipality, so not counted here.
Notas
Count is for Budva municipality only. Adriatic College is confirmed on the official IB directory (ibo.org school 061428). Two other accredited international schools serving the region (Arcadia Academy — Cambridge/COBIS; Knightsbridge School International — IB) sit in the neighbouring Kotor/Tivat municipalities and were excluded to keep the count Budva-specific. The IB find-a-school HTML pages returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch; authorization was confirmed via the IB per-school registry URL surfaced in search.

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Demografía

Quién más vive aquí: el porcentaje de residentes extranjeros y las mayores comunidades nacionales, según estadísticas oficiales.

Openness to foreignersa nivel de paísPoca aceptaciónGallup MAI 1,87/9 · 2019

Qué mide esto

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.

Datos de referencia—se vuelve a verificar cada 1825 días

Estudio

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

Datos a fecha de
23 sept 2020
Verificado
15 jul 2026
Notas
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.
Quién vive allía nivel de paísresidentes extranjeros 9,2%

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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
31 oct 2023
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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%.
Notas
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).
Mayores comunidades de los residentes extranjeros46.878 total

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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
31 oct 2023
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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).
Notas
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%5050
04Kosovo6,5%3053
05Ukraine6,5%3049
06European Union (all)5,6%2602

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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Cómo puedes quedarte

Cómo puedes entrar y quedarte legalmente. Se aplican en todo Montenegro.

Todos los requisitos y filtro por nacionalidad

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Lo que pagarías en impuestos

Los regímenes fiscales entre los que puede elegir un autónomo. Las normas son nacionales: las mismas en todo Montenegro.

Regímenes completos y calculadora

Mira cuánto te quedaría

Tus ingresos frente a los regímenes fiscales reales de Montenegro, con el mismo motor que la calculadora completa.

  1. 1 Digital nomad — PIT exemption on foreign-source income
    60.000 EURneto/año
    0.0 % de carga
  2. 2 Preduzetnik (sole trader) — actual-income taxation
    49.371 EURneto/año
    17.7 % de carga
  3. 3 Employment (zarada) — payroll PIT and contributions
    45.047 EURneto/año
    24.9 % de carga
  4. 4 Preduzetnik — paušalno (flat-rate) taxationsupera el límite de ingresos
    49.371 EURneto/año
    17.7 % de carga

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¿Para quién es Budva?

El mismo lugar se lee distinto según por qué te mudes. Cada perspectiva reúne los datos que más importan para ese plan, con sus fuentes y las contrapartidas dichas sin rodeos.

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Freelancer tax burden16%

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

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
1 ene 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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.

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Internet speed85 Mbps

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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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).
Notas
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

Estudio

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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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Homicide rate0,81/100k

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

Datos abiertos

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.
Notas
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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International schools1

International Baccalaureate — official school directory, Adriatic College (IB school code 061428)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
Verified against accreditor registries. Within Budva municipality, one school is accredited by a qualifying body: Adriatic College (Babin Do, Budva 85310) — authorized IB World School (IB Diploma Programme, authorized 2021-05-26; IB school code 061428). Checked for others: Arcadia Academy (Cambridge International + COBIS) is in Kotor municipality (Ljesevići bb, Kotor 85330) and Knightsbridge School International (IB) is in the Bay of Kotor/Tivat area — both OUTSIDE Budva municipality, so not counted here.
Notas
Count is for Budva municipality only. Adriatic College is confirmed on the official IB directory (ibo.org school 061428). Two other accredited international schools serving the region (Arcadia Academy — Cambridge/COBIS; Knightsbridge School International — IB) sit in the neighbouring Kotor/Tivat municipalities and were excluded to keep the count Budva-specific. The IB find-a-school HTML pages returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch; authorization was confirmed via the IB per-school registry URL surfaced in search.
Air quality (PM2.5)sin datos verificados

Agency for Nature and Environment Protection of Montenegro (EPA Montenegro) — air-quality monitoring

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
No verified annual-mean PM2.5 for Budva from an official source at check time. Budva is not in the EEA European city air-quality viewer (Montenegro is an EU candidate, not an EEA air-quality reporting member with city entries), and only real-time aggregator AQI readings (which suggested low single-digit-to-~10 µg/m³ coastal levels) were available — not a verified annual mean. Coastal Budva lacks the winter wood-heating basin inversions that drive Podgorica's particulate spikes, so its annual mean is likely lower than the interior, but a verified figure is needed. Left null pending an EPA Montenegro or EEA annual station statistic for Budva.

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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)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
1 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
1 ene 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.

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Homicide rate0,81/100k

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

Datos abiertos

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
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)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2024
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
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.

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Climate comfort5/12 mo

SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Bar WMO 13461 proxy)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de
31 dic 2020
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Método
Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm, computed over the Bar-proxy normals: Mar (15.9°C, 131mm), Apr (19.0°C, 112mm), May (23.6°C, 82mm), Jun (27.6°C, 54mm), Sep (27.0°C, 134mm) = 5. Jul/Aug excluded (max >28°C); Oct/Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb excluded (Oct/Nov/Dec precip >150mm; Jan/Feb max <15°C).
Notas
Derived from the Bar coastal-station proxy (see climate-normals). Hot, dry midsummer pushes above the 28°C comfort ceiling; autumn is warm but wet.
Air quality (PM2.5)sin datos verificados

Agency for Nature and Environment Protection of Montenegro (EPA Montenegro) — air-quality monitoring

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de
4 jul 2026
Verificado
4 jul 2026
Notas
No verified annual-mean PM2.5 for Budva from an official source at check time. Budva is not in the EEA European city air-quality viewer (Montenegro is an EU candidate, not an EEA air-quality reporting member with city entries), and only real-time aggregator AQI readings (which suggested low single-digit-to-~10 µg/m³ coastal levels) were available — not a verified annual mean. Coastal Budva lacks the winter wood-heating basin inversions that drive Podgorica's particulate spikes, so its annual mean is likely lower than the interior, but a verified figure is needed. Left null pending an EPA Montenegro or EEA annual station statistic for Budva.

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resumen de Montenegro