Cost of Living in Ancona, 🇮🇹 Italy - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 29, 2026 Last changed Oct 31, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing $1,033 $640 $1,033 $505 $101

Utilities — $240 $348 $198 —

Internet & Mobile 6 7 $11 $37 $71 $37 $3

Groceries 17 18 23 24 25 $112 $418 $865 $279 $3

Transportation 3 4 $85 $60 $192 $47 $18

Dining Out 15 16 $926 $195 $420 $97 $35

Leisure Activities 12 13 15 21 $217 $145 $303 $45 $25

Health Insurance 10 $68 $85 $265 — —

Visa & Legal Fees 11 $11 $11 $22 — $101

Total $2,463 $1,831 $3,519 $1,208 $286

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 2 $533.00 $449 – $696 per month

Coworking Space 5 $185.00 per month

Airbnb (1 month) $1,033.00 $730 – $1,235 per month

Coliving Space $505.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 15 $1.68 per cup

Beer 15 $7.97 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 16 $7.86 per meal

Fast Food Combo 14 $12.57 per meal

Apples 24 $4.46 per kg

Bread $1.01 per loaf

Milk 17 $1.40 per liter

Rice 25 $2.46 per kg

Chicken Fillets $11.23 per kg

Beef 23 $26.92 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) $5.61 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) $78.57 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 18 $0.36 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 4 $3.10 per trip

Taxi per km 4 $1.91 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 3 $47.14 per month

Gasoline 9 8 $2.27 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 4 $12.64 per trip

Scooter Rental $28.05 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 6 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 6 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 13 $72.96 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 21 $15.71 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6 $20.18 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 12 $8.98 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $84.18 per pair

Summer Dress $33.67 per dress

Running Shoes $89.80 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 19 $11.22 per visit

Laundry 22 $0.64 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) $89.80 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 20 $5.95 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 29, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.8909 EUR on Oct 19, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Pescara, Perugia, Hanoi, Berlin

Numbeo Ancona rents, utilities, groceries cross-check Oct 2026Index
Casa.it Ancona bilocali, advertised monthly rentsListings
ATMA urban monthly pass €42.00 from Aug 2026Official
Radio Taxi Ancona Comune tariffs €2.76 start + €1.70/kmOfficial
Innovation Campus Ancona, full-day monthly desk €165 including VATOfficial
iliad TOP 230 €9.99/month; SIM €9.99 (country prep)Official
iliadbox Wi-Fi 7 €22.99/month with Casa+Mobile bundleOfficial
Italy Octane-95 €2.02/litre Oct 2026Index
EU Weekly Oil Bulletin Italy Euro-super ~€2.02/L Oct 2026Official
SafetyWing Essential $62.72 per 4 weeksOfficial
Italian consular fee table, national visa €116Official
Giometti Ancona standard online cinema ticket €8Official
Palestre Corpus Ancona monthly fitness €65Official
McDonald’s Ancona Glovo — McMenu Big Mac €11.20Listings
Barángolo Piazza Cavour cappuccino €1.50; media birra €5.00Official
Barángolo Ancona Saccoccia sandwiches €6–8Official
Esselunga national pantry prices, pasta €0.65/500 g and milk €1.25/LOfficial
Esselunga Dolomiti 6×1.5 L €1.92 → €0.32/bottle (MiaSpesa)Secondary
Star Energy Barber taglio €10.00Official
Farmacia Fornari — Tachipirina 20 cp 500 mg €5.30Secondary
CUS Ancona tennis singolo 60 min — €14/h category AltriOfficial
LAVAPIÙ Miele Ancona — lavatrice small 7 kg da €4.00Secondary
Esselunga polpa trita scelta €23.98/kg (MiaSpesa)Secondary
Esselunga Bio mele Gala 650 g €2.58 → €3.97/kg (MiaSpesa)Secondary
Esselunga national Originario rice €2.19 per kgSecondary

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1675.33 1033
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 716.35 533
- Apples 2.43 4.46
- Beef 19.06 26.92
- Beer 5.2 7.97
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- Bread 1.91 1.01
- Chicken Fillets 11.32 11.23
- Cinema Ticket 10.4 8.98
- Coffee 1.5 1.68
- Coliving Space 866.55 505
- Coworking Space 213.75 185
- Dining Out local 138.65, nomad 808.78, expat 288.85, family 519.93, tourist 69.32 local 96.53, nomad 926.03, expat 195.31, family 419.8, tourist 35.36
- Doctor Visit (GP) 63.55 89.8
- Fast Food Combo 10.98 12.57
- Gasoline 2.22 2.27
- Groceries local 323.51, nomad 173.31, expat 404.39, family 866.55, tourist 13.86 local 278.91, nomad 111.56, expat 418.36, family 864.62, tourist 3.03
- Gym Membership 51.99 72.96
- Haircut 25.42 11.22
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 75.1, expat 51.99, family 138.65, tourist 3.47 local 0, nomad 68.13, expat 85, family 265
- Housing local 519.93, nomad 1270.94, expat 751.01, family 1097.63, tourist 109.76 local 505, nomad 1033, expat 640, family 1033, tourist 101
- Internet & Mobile local 34.66, nomad 63.55, expat 46.22, family 86.66, tourist 5.78 local 37.02, nomad 11.21, family 70.66, tourist 2.62
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 32.35 25.81
- Jeans 98.21 84.18
- Laundry 11.55 0.64
- Leisure Activities local 69.32, nomad 404.39, expat 207.97, family 346.62, tourist 23.11 local 44.9, nomad 216.63, expat 144.8, family 303.06, tourist 24.69
- Meal (Inexpensive) 17.33 7.86
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 75.1 78.57
- Milk 1.68 1.4
- Mobile Plan 13.86 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 40.44 47.14
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.82 5.95
- Rice 2.66 2.46
- Ride-hailing (5km) 16.18 12.64
- Running Shoes 106.3 89.8
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 28.89 20.18
- Scooter Rental 13.86 28.05
- Summer Dress 43.91 33.67
- Taxi Start 4.62 3.1
- Taxi per km 1.73 1.91
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 20.8 15.71
- Transportation local 40.44, nomad 69.32, expat 92.43, family 254.19, tourist 17.33 local 47.14, nomad 85.06, expat 59.78, family 191.99, tourist 18.25
- Utilities local 184.86, nomad 138.65, expat 207.97, family 323.51, tourist 0 local 198, nomad 0, expat 240, family 348, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 28.89, family 46.22 local 0, nomad 10.85, expat 10.85, family 21.7, tourist 101.02
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.52 0.36
- Wine (Mid-range) 9.24 5.61
Apartment (1 bedroom), Coworking Space, Coffee, Beer, Meal (Inexpensive), Fast Food Combo, Apples, Bread, Milk, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Taxi Start, Taxi per km, Monthly Transport Pass, Gasoline, Mobile Plan, Internet (60 Mbps+), Gym Membership, Tennis Court (Weekend), Cinema Ticket, Jeans, Summer Dress, Running Shoes, Housing, Utilities, Internet & Mobile, Groceries, Transportation, Dining Out, Leisure Activities, Health Insurance, Visa & Legal Fees, Airbnb (1 month), Coliving Space, Meal (Mid-range, 2 people), Water (1.5L bottle), Ride-hailing (5km), Scooter Rental, SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid), Haircut, Laundry, Doctor Visit (GP), Pharmacy (basic meds) — reviewed against the earlier export and the preceding research pass; corrected Beef conversion to $26.92/kg and retained explicit light-depth verification gaps (miaspesa.it).

Ancona cost of living