♨️Heating & Gas Cost

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the estimated monthly cost of heating, hot water and cooking gas in US dollars for a standard 85 square metre apartment. It is intended to represent the ongoing cost of a normal apartment, not extreme tariffs or a detached house.

Where direct gas-price data is available, Nomadino uses the household natural-gas price in US dollars per kilowatt-hour and combines it with a climate-adjusted annual consumption estimate for an 85 square metre apartment. Colder countries receive a higher heating-demand factor, while warm countries receive only a small base demand for hot water and cooking.

The main anchor is the current GlobalPetrolPrices household natural-gas price table. For Europe, Eurostat household gas prices and their consumption-band methodology are used as a plausibility frame. IEA energy-price data, national regulators and statistical sources, and World Bank exchange rates are used as additional checks.

For countries and territories without direct, current and comparable gas-price coverage, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. These are checked against climate, regional energy costs, the prevalence of gas heating or alternative heating fuels, the administering state and existing Nomadino housing-cost data.

Electricity costs, water and sewage, internet, power outages, grid reliability, connection fees, one-off equipment costs, the carbon profile of the heating system and subsidy schemes are not included. Those topics remain separate or adjacent indicators.

The rating uses an anchored cost scale based on the visible monthly value. Up to about USD 10 per month, heating and gas are treated as very cheap and remain clearly in the upper rating range. Between USD 20 and USD 50, the scale differentiates more strongly because ongoing utility costs become noticeable. From about USD 100 per month, the rating drops sharply because heating and gas then become a relevant cost block.