Which is cheaper, Kragujevac or Novi Sad?

Kragujevac and Novi Sad cost about the same: roughly $1,200 per month for one person.

Is Kragujevac or Novi Sad safer?

Kragujevac and Novi Sad score the same on safety (68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Kragujevac or Novi Sad?

Novi Sad: a measured median of 35.9 Mbps versus 17.9 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Kragujevac vs Novi Sad

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Novi Sad edges it, 62 to 58, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Kragujevac is stronger on nothing outright; Novi Sad on internet, getting there & around. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Kragujevac

out of 100

Serbia's first modern capital, now a car-making city

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Novi Sad

out of 100

Danube university city with the EXIT festival

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Where they differ

Internet. Novi Sad leads on internet, 69 to 54, against Kragujevac. Measured download: 17.9 Mbps vs 35.9 Mbps.
Getting there & around. Novi Sad leads on getting there & around, 46 to 36, against Kragujevac. Non-stop airport destinations: 111 vs 111.
Air quality. Novi Sad leads on air quality, 73 to 66, against Kragujevac. PM2.5: 20.3 µg/m³ vs 17 µg/m³.

Where they are close. Within five points on cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Kragujevac if you want

no clear edge over Novi Sad in the data

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faster internet (35.9 Mbps measured)

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Cost of living	65	65
Safety	68	68
Healthcare	73	73
Internet	54	69 ✓
Visa ease	46	46
Getting there & around	36	46 ✓
Climate	42	42
Air quality	66	73 ✓
Quality of life	76	76

Cost

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,200	$1,200
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Homicides per 100k	0.89	0.89
Political stability (0–100)	59.9	59.9
UHC service coverage (0–100)	73	73
Life expectancy	76.2 yrs	76.2 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Download	17.9 Mbps	35.9 Mbps ✓
Upload	4.3 Mbps	15.2 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Non-stop airport destinations	111	111
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4	5 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Kragujevac	Novi Sad
Comfortable months per year	5	5
Annual mean PM2.5	20.3 µg/m³	17 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Kragujevac or Novi Sad?: Kragujevac and Novi Sad cost about the same: roughly $1,200 per month for one person.
Is Kragujevac or Novi Sad safer?: Kragujevac and Novi Sad score the same on safety (68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Kragujevac or Novi Sad?: Novi Sad: a measured median of 35.9 Mbps versus 17.9 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.