Podgorica rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 5% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 10% |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 5% |
| Dec 1, 2024 | 0% |
| Oct 20, 2024 | 5% |
| Oct 11, 2020 | 0% |
| Aug 16, 2020 | 10% |
| Jun 7, 2020 | 5% |
| May 10, 2020 | 0% |
| Mar 15, 2020 | 5% |
| Mar 1, 2020 | 0% |
| Nov 11, 2018 | 5% |
| Sep 16, 2018 | 10% |
| Sep 2, 2018 | 5% |
| May 13, 2018 | 10% |
| Feb 4, 2018 | 15% |
| Aug 6, 2017 | 10% |
| May 14, 2017 | 5% |
| Nov 27, 2016 | 0% |
| Sep 4, 2016 | 5% |
| Jul 10, 2016 | 0% |
| Apr 3, 2016 | 5% |
| Mar 6, 2016 | 0% |
| Feb 21, 2016 | 5% |
| Nov 15, 2015 | 0% |
| Sep 6, 2015 | 5% |
| Jul 26, 2015 | 0% |
| Jun 28, 2015 | 5% |
| Jun 14, 2015 | 0% |
| May 17, 2015 | 5% |
| Mar 22, 2015 | 0% |
| Jan 25, 2015 | 5% |
| Nov 16, 2014 | 10% |
| Nov 2, 2014 | 15% |
| Oct 19, 2014 | 10% |
| Aug 10, 2014 | 15% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 20% |
The same location's rates under other U.S. travel-rate systems:
The post (cost-of-living) allowance offsets higher overseas costs of goods and services for U.S. government civilian employees assigned to Podgorica. It is expressed as a percentage of spendable income and is used by mobility, HR and payroll teams to compute overseas compensation.
The exact request that returns this page's data. Change the
date parameter to query any historical effective
date, or pull it straight into your ERP, payroll, or expense system.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.allowancesapi.com/v1/dssr/allowances/ME?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 5
},
"iso_code": "ME",
"location": "Podgorica",
"postcode": "13596"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Podgorica, Montenegro is 5%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Jun 29, 2025 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 10%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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