How much does it cost to live in Nepal?

CostLiving tracks Nepal at $540 a month on a tight budget, $900 at the moderate tier, and $1,395 for a comfortable lifestyle, all for a single person. Kathmandu, unusually for a capital, comes in below the national benchmark at $825 a month moderate, partly because the countryside figures include tourist-priced areas like the trekking hubs. The structure of a Nepali budget looks different from most countries: at the moderate tier food ($252) costs more than double housing ($119), a near-inversion of the usual pattern, because rent is extraordinarily cheap while a fair amount of what’s on the shelf is imported over difficult terrain. Utilities and internet are cheap but intermittent, load-shedding is better than it was but power resilience still matters, and healthcare means budgeting for private clinics in Kathmandu plus evacuation cover for anything serious. The full tier breakdown is on our Nepal cost of living page.