Cost of living 2018 in Georgia

Hello everyone,

As per our annual tradition, we invite you to share your experiences and tell us more about the average prices of products and services in your town/city/area, so that we have updated information regarding cost of living and inflation in Georgia.

Thanks to your contribution, future expats in Georgia will be more informed and will be able to refine their budget and better prepare for their big move.

How much does it cost to rent an apartment or a house in Georgia?

How much does it cost to buy an apartment or a house in Georgia?

How much do you pay on average for public transportation (bus, subway, train, tram, taxi)?

How much do you pay for basic food items such as rice, bread, and pasta?

What is your monthly budget for groceries?

How much does it cost to see a doctor/dentist/physician/specialist in Georgia?

How much do you pay for health insurance per month?

How much does childcare cost on average per month?

What is your child's schooling budget per month?

How much does it cost to fill up your car's fuel tank?

How much do you pay for electricity/gas/water etc., per month?

How much do you pay for your internet and phone subscription?

How much do you pay for your lunch pack on weekdays?

How much do you pay for an espresso coffee?

How much do you pay for a cinema ticket?

How much does a gym membership cost in Georgia?

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Priscilla

Good post
Waiting to see replys

I'm also eager to see the replies to this post!

How much does it cost to rent an apartment or a house in Georgia?  - 2 bedroom in central area is from 400$-800$, a little bit outside u can find with less price like 200$-500$, private house prices in central area from 600$-2000$ depend on many things... a little bit outside starting from 300$ and more.

How much does it cost to buy an apartment or a house in Georgia? - 2 bedroom in old house in central area 50 000$, outside from 25000$; new house 2 bedroom in central area from 60 000$ and outside from 30 000$.

How much do you pay on average for public transportation (bus, subway, train, tram, taxi)? bus is 0.80GEL which is 0.33$, subway same, taxi from 3GEL -5GEL (if u r moving from central area to central are) which is 1.24$-2.06$, taxi to airport and from is about 25GEL-30GEL which is 10$-12.4$

How much do you pay for basic food items such as rice, bread, and pasta? bread from 0.80GEL-2GEL which is 0.33$-0.83$, rice 5GEL-10GEL which is 2$-4.14%, pasta 2GEL-8GEL which is 0.83$-4.14$.

What is your monthly budget for groceries?  its up to you :)))

How much does it cost to see a doctor/dentist/physician/specialist in Georgia?  oooh very complicated

How much do you pay for health insurance per month? 75GEL which is 30$

How much does childcare cost on average per month? what u mean by that?

What is your child's schooling budget per month? private one starting per year 2000$

How much does it cost to fill up your car's fuel tank? 110GEL-120GEL which is 45$-50$

How much do you pay for electricity/gas/water etc., per month? plus also internet per month in summer time 100GEL which is 42$, in winter time 200GEL-250GEL which is 83$-105$,but of course depend how much square meter is the hoouse.

How much do you pay for your internet and phone subscription? for mobile about 30GEL which is 12$

How much do you pay for your lunch pack on weekdays? hm...

How much do you pay for an espresso coffee? its can be from 1GEL-5GEL which is 0.4$-2$

How much do you pay for a cinema ticket? 9GEL-15GEL which is 3.7$-6.3$

How much does a gym membership cost in Georgia? about 100GEL which is 40$

I hope its help to understand the prices in Georgia.

That was assistive.
"How much does childcare cost on average per month" You asked what this means.
In countries like Australia and US and UK (And I am sure many others including Georgia) Many families have both parents working.
Many families do not have the grandparents or other family members looking after the children during the day while the parents work.

Instead they pay for child care.  This question wants to know how much it costs per month to pay a business to look after your child during business hours while you work.

500GEL which is about 200$

How much does it cost to rent an apartment in Batumi? - now? = 250$- Increases in Summer??

How much does it cost to buy an apartment or a house in Batumi? = Apartment 2 bedroom = 60000$

How much do you pay on average for public transportation (bus, subway, train, tram, taxi)?  = Batumi 50 tetri

How much do you pay for basic food items such as rice, bread, and pasta?  -in Batumi bread = 1GEL

What is your monthly budget for groceries? in Batumi for 3 people = 300$

How much does it cost to see a doctor/dentist/physician/specialist in Georgia? - Batumi = Emergency at local hospital = 300 GEL

How much do you pay for health insurance per month? = 55 GEL per person premium option

How much does childcare cost on average per month? - N/A

What is your child's schooling budget per month? - N/A

How much does it cost to fill up your car's fuel tank? - N/A

How much do you pay for electricity/gas/water etc., per month? -Not sure yet

How much do you pay for your internet and phone subscription? - TV and Wi-Fi = 50GEL

How much do you pay for your lunch pack on weekdays? -N/A

How much do you pay for an espresso coffee? - 7 GEL

How much do you pay for a cinema ticket?  N/A

How much does a gym membership cost in Georgia? = Batumi = 99GEL pm

Thank you for sharing your experience.

I`m not speaking about Batumi, I`m speaking about Tbilisi

Thank you very much!

Hello to all,

I hope you are well.

I would imagine ( i could be wrong ) that not all the products you need for work or personal reasons are available in Georgia.

This is not a problem because it is possible to order products on the internet and receive them easily and quickly in Georgia.

So I have a concrete question.

Can you please tell me the average rate ( 25 % ? 50 % ? 75 % ? 100 % ? 125 % ? 150 % ? 175 % ? 200 % ? ) of tax and duty you paid in Georgia ( and not the theoretical average rate of Georgia tax and duty ), on the majority of the products you imported into Georgia less than 5 years ago ?

Thank you.

Best regards

Etienne