Cost of living, electricity and water bills, internet, public holidays and safety: practical guides for people living in Montenegro.
When the clocks change in Montenegro in 2026, at what time and in which direction, when summer time returns in 2027 and 2028, what the 2024 Law on Time Reckoning says and what that night means for night shifts and devices that do not adjust themselves.
September 29, 2026
What a household in Podgorica pays for waste collection under the new Čistoća price list from 1 February 2026, what tourist apartments and hospitality businesses pay, how to check the bill online, where to pay without going to a bank and how to repay arrears in 12 instalments.
September 28, 2026
How you check your electricity bill on the portal, in the app, by SMS and without registering, where you pay it without a fee and how to pay from abroad, how you get the bill by email, when and how you file a complaint, what the bill must show and how you repay a debt in instalments of 20 euros.
September 28, 2026
The postal code of every Montenegrin municipality and of well-known coastal places, how to write an address on a parcel, the country code and the area code of each town, how to dial landline and mobile numbers at home and from abroad, what numbers starting with 80 and 90 mean and how to keep your number for free when you switch operator.
September 28, 2026
When a supplier may ask for your electricity to be cut off over an unpaid bill, how many days a warning gives you, on which days a disconnection may not start, when you cannot be cut off while disputing a bill, which households as vulnerable customers may not be left without power in winter or ever and how quickly power is restored after you pay.
September 28, 2026
Where air quality is monitored in Montenegro, what the limits are for PM10, PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide and ozone, how many days the air was polluted in Pljevlja, Podgorica, Bijelo Polje and Nikšić in December 2025 and August 2026, and what the Air Protection Law 117/2026 changes.
September 26, 2026
How much pellets cost in Montenegro in 2026 after the Government's price cap, what a metre of beech, oak and hornbeam costs, the difference between A1 and A2 pellets, what to check when buying fuel and where to report a seller who charges more than allowed.
September 26, 2026
Whether Montenegro has rabies, who looks after stray dogs and where to report them, what to do if a dog bites you, what a dog owner must do by law, how high the fines are and what Podgorica has required since 2026 on leashes, microchips and breeding.
September 26, 2026
How many people live in Montenegro, from the 2023 census and the latest estimate: population by municipality, average age, mother tongues and English skills, and how many foreign citizens live in each town, with Budva at almost one in three, plus what it means if you are moving there.
September 25, 2026
How safe Montenegro is in numbers: its place in the Global Peace Index 2025, the homicide rate, how many offenders were reported in 2025, why the roads are the bigger risk with 67 deaths in 2025, how often tourists need rescue in the mountains, and the scams that catch visitors and buyers.
September 25, 2026
Is Montenegro an earthquake zone? What the seismological service says about how many earthquakes it records a year, why the coast faces the highest hazard, what happened in the 1979 earthquake, the latest quakes of 2026, and what to check in a flat or house and on your insurance.
September 25, 2026
Which number to call in an emergency in Montenegro: 112 and the direct numbers for police, fire and rescue, the ambulance and help at sea, how the ambulance service is organised in 24 towns, what a normal day looks like for it, where the hospitals are and what a visitor should arrange before travelling.
September 25, 2026
What a kilowatt-hour of electricity costs households in Montenegro in 2026, what goes into the bill besides the energy itself, when the cheaper night tariff applies, which EPCG tariff model pays off, who gets the Golden Team discount and what a bill for 500 kWh looks like.
September 25, 2026
What home internet costs in Montenegro in 2026: internet-only and TV plus internet packages from Crnogorski Telekom, m:tel, Telemach and One compared by speed and monthly price, who the biggest providers are, how much of the network is fibre, and what the law says about contracts and early cancellation.
September 25, 2026
Which days are non-working in Montenegro in 2026 and 2027, what happens when a holiday falls on a Sunday, who is entitled to paid leave for religious holidays, which shops may open on Sundays and holidays, and what the law says about working and pay on a holiday.
September 25, 2026
Where to report a fault or power cut in each municipality, where CEDIS publishes planned outages, when you are entitled to 30 euros of compensation since August 2026, how to claim it, what to do if the power damages your appliances and when your electricity may be cut off over a debt.
September 25, 2026
What a cubic metre of water will cost in 2027 in Podgorica, Nikšić, Budva and other municipalities, what the fixed part of the bill is, who approves prices, how to connect to the water supply, when the utility may cut off water and how to dispute a bill.
September 25, 2026
Montenegro's price level is 66 percent of the EU average, yet communication sits at 106 and electronics at 105. In Budva, summer and winter are two separate budgets: which items change with the season, and what cannot be measured officially.
September 23, 2026
Eurostat price levels category by category: restaurants, energy and services cost a fraction of German prices in Montenegro, clothing and phone bills almost the same, and alcohol even more. For anyone moving from Germany.
September 23, 2026
The water bill, a bus ticket, the base of the property tax and price levels against the EU: what things cost in Podgorica according to official tariffs. We also explain plainly why we give no rent figure.
September 23, 2026
Eurostat price levels category by category: where Montenegro is genuinely cheap, where it costs as much as the EU, and how it compares with Croatia, Albania and Serbia. Services are cheap; goods are not.
September 23, 2026
Montenegro sits at 66% of EU prices, but that average is misleading: communication is at 106 and electronics at 105, while restaurants are at 67. What is actually cheap, what is not, and how to build a budget that survives contact with the country.
September 22, 2026