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Cost of living in Amsterdam

Prices for October 2026

Monthly living costs in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, built from prices read directly at the original sources. Choose the number of adults and children to calculate by household size; every price opens its list of sources.

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Currency

Total per month EUR 2,714 ≈ US$3,038

  • Rent (1-bedroom) EUR 2,169
  • Electricity, water, gas EUR 120
  • Internet & mobile EUR 60
  • Groceries EUR 91
  • Eating out EUR 158
  • Transport EUR 117

Amounts are rounded to the nearest unit, so the parts may differ from the total by 1 or 2 units. International school fees and other reference items are not included. How households are built is explained in How it is calculated.

Housing & utilities

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Rent, 1-bedroom apartment, outside the centre EUR 2,169 / month EUR 1,669 – 2,500 14
14 sources
Rent, 3-bedroom apartment, outside the centre EUR 2,900 / month EUR 2,200 – 3,750 12
12 sources
Electricity, 200 kWh EUR 64.19 / month EUR 55.10 – 73.86 4
4 sources
Electricity, 450 kWh EUR 147 / month EUR 125 – 168 4
4 sources
Water, 4 m³ EUR 15.29 / month EUR 15.28 – 15.29 2
2 sources
Water, 15 m³ EUR 34.69 / month EUR 34.66 – 34.71 2
2 sources
Gas, 100 kWh EUR 40.99 / month EUR 40.43 – 41.62 4
4 sources
Gas, 225 kWh EUR 62.98 / month EUR 60.85 – 65.21 4
4 sources

Internet & mobile

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Fixed internet, 100 Mbps or faster EUR 40.32 / month EUR 35.00 – 44.00 3
3 sources
Mobile plan, 10 GB or more EUR 19.25 / month EUR 16.50 – 22.00 2
2 sources

Groceries

Online retail prices of everyday items; a fixed basket of 15 items.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
White rice EUR 1.86 / kg EUR 1.69 – 1.99 4
2 sources
Sandwich bread, 500 g loaf EUR 1.53 / loaf EUR 1.13 – 1.99 4
3 sources
Fresh milk EUR 0.99 / litre EUR 0.75 – 1.35 3
2 sources
Hen eggs EUR 0.30 / egg EUR 0.26 – 0.39 4
2 sources
Chicken breast fillet EUR 14.29 / kg EUR 11.94 – 16.45 4
2 sources
Fresh beef EUR 10.76 / kg EUR 10.65 – 11.04 4
2 sources
Tomatoes EUR 3.10 / kg EUR 1.90 – 3.80 4
2 sources
Potatoes EUR 1.38 / kg EUR 1.16 – 1.98 4
2 sources
Onions EUR 0.98 / kg EUR 0.89 – 1.15 4
2 sources
Lettuce EUR 0.81 / head EUR 0.65 – 0.95 4
2 sources
Apples EUR 1.48 / kg EUR 1.26 – 1.99 4
2 sources
Bananas EUR 1.15 / kg EUR 1.15 – 1.15 2
2 sources
Oranges EUR 1.38 / kg EUR 1.27 – 1.48 4
2 sources
Vegetable cooking oil EUR 1.66 / litre EUR 1.25 – 2.45 3
2 sources
Bottled water, 1.5 litres EUR 0.66 / bottle EUR 0.45 – 1.08 3
2 sources

Eating out

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant (main course, soft drink) EUR 12.08 / meal EUR 10.75 – 13.00 3
3 sources
Meal at a mid-range restaurant (starter or dessert, main course, soft drink) EUR 30.57 / meal EUR 27.50 – 32.40 3
3 sources

Transport

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Monthly public transport pass, adult EUR 117 / month EUR 104 – 129 2
2 sources
Monthly public transport pass, child EUR 0.00 / month EUR 0.00 – 0.00 2
2 sources

School fees (reference)

For reference only; not added to the total.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
International school tuition, Grade 3 EUR 19,698 / year EUR 5,505 – 27,710 4
4 sources

How it is calculated

  1. Prices: each item is the average of samples read straight from the original source: supermarket web shops, official tariffs of electricity, water, gas, mobile and transport operators, rental listings and restaurant menus. No price-aggregator sites are used. Every item opens its list of sources. Rents are for apartments outside the city centre.
  2. Housing: 1 to 2 people rent a 1-bedroom apartment; 3 to 6 people rent a 3-bedroom apartment. The calculator accepts households of up to 6 people because the largest apartment in the data has 3 bedrooms.
  3. Electricity, water, gas: linear interpolation by household size between the 1-person level (electricity 200 kWh, water 4 m³, gas 100 kWh) and the 4-person level (electricity 450 kWh, water 15 m³, gas 225 kWh); above 4 people the same slope is extended. Gas is left out where most apartments cook on electricity.
  4. Groceries: a fixed basket of 15 everyday items at online retail prices, one basket per adult and 0.6 of a basket per child. It is not a household’s full food spending.
  5. Eating out: per adult, 8 meals at an inexpensive restaurant and 2 at a mid-range restaurant a month; children are not counted.
  6. Internet and mobile: one internet plan per household and one mobile plan per adult.
  7. Transport: one adult monthly pass per adult and one child monthly pass per child.
  8. International school fees and other reference items are shown for information and are not added to the total.
  9. Where an item lacks enough data, that part and the total read “Not enough data”. Prosperous Intelligence does not estimate in its place.
  10. Conversion to US dollars uses central-bank exchange rates fixed to one day for the whole batch; the rate date and the dates prices were read are on the Data sources page.

Methodology · Data sources

See also

Cost of Living Index (0–⁠100 scale)  · Country profile: Netherlands  · Cities in the Netherlands  · All cities

Reference data, not financial advice. Prices change over time; this page shows the prices of the month stated at the top.