Cost of Living in Cefalu, 🇮🇹 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 2 3 4 $1,235 $673 $1,010 $505 $146

Utilities 1 29 — $196 $281 $168 —

Internet & Mobile 11 12 $37 $37 $59 $37 $1

Groceries 13 14 15 34 35 36 37 38 39 $129 $404 $853 $326 $9

Transportation 7 10 18 19 $62 $54 $123 $54 $18

Dining Out 5 6 32 $842 $326 $505 $70 $65

Leisure Activities 20 21 24 $120 $94 $146 $56 $20

Health Insurance 16 $63 $94 $251 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 17 $11 $34 $67 — —

Total $2,499 $1,912 $3,295 $1,216 $261

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 2 $673.48 $561 – $786 per month

Coworking Space 23 $205.41 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 3 4 $1,234.71 $1,010 – $1,571 per month

Coliving Space 2 3 $729.60 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 32 $3.37 per cup

Beer 13 $5.95 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 5 $11.22 per meal

Fast Food Combo 30 $10.66 per meal

Apples 35 $2.42 per kg

Bread $1.82 per loaf

Milk 34 $1.45 per liter

Rice 36 $2.46 per kg

Chicken Fillets 37 $12.80 per kg

Beef 38 39 $17.96 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 14 $8.59 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 5 6 $67.35 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 15 $0.36 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 10 $4.71 per trip

Taxi per km 10 $1.01 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 7 8 $53.88 per month

Gasoline 18 19 $2.26 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 10 $9.77 per trip

Scooter Rental 22 $343.47 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 11 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 12 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 20 $56.01 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 24 $22.45 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 11 $22.43 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 21 $7.86 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 26 $84.18 per pair

Summer Dress 27 $31.43 per dress

Running Shoes 28 $89.80 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 31 $20.20 per visit

Laundry 33 $0.70 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) $72.96 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 25 $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 Palermo, Alghero, Hanoi, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 2306.61 1234.71
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 691.98 673.48
- Apples 2.88 2.42
- Beef 20.76 17.96
- Beer 5.77 5.95
40 more changes
- Bread 2.08 1.82
- Chicken Fillets 10.38 12.8
- Cinema Ticket 10.38 7.86
- Coffee 1.73 3.37
- Coliving Space 1037.97 729.6
- Coworking Space 138.4 205.41
- Dining Out local 92.26, nomad 691.98, expat 288.33, family 345.99, tourist 69.2 local 69.59, nomad 841.85, expat 325.51, family 505.11, tourist 65.1
- Doctor Visit (GP) 80.73 72.96
- Fast Food Combo 9.23 10.66
- Gasoline 1.96 2.26
- Groceries local 288.33, nomad 115.33, expat 461.32, family 807.31, tourist 0 local 325.51, nomad 129.08, expat 404.09, family 853, tourist 8.98
- Gym Membership 57.67 56.01
- Haircut 28.83 20.2
- Health Insurance local 57.67, nomad 80.73, expat 115.33, family 288.33, tourist 11.53 local 0, nomad 62.72, expat 94.08, family 250.88, tourist 2.09
- Housing local 518.99, nomad 1845.29, expat 1095.64, family 1499.3, tourist 126.86 local 505.11, nomad 1234.71, expat 673.48, family 1010.21, tourist 145.92
- Internet & Mobile local 40.37, nomad 69.2, expat 57.67, family 80.73, tourist 5.77 local 37.02, family 59.45, tourist 0.75
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 40.37 25.81
- Jeans 92.26 84.18
- Laundry 8.07 0.7
- Leisure Activities local 34.6, nomad 173, expat 115.33, family 230.66 local 56.12, nomad 120.1, expat 94.17, family 146.01, tourist 20.2
- Meal (Inexpensive) 17.3 11.22
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 80.73 67.35
- Milk 1.61 1.45
- Mobile Plan 23.07 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 40.37 53.88
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.23 5.95
- Rice 2.88 2.46
- Ride-hailing (5km) 13.84 9.77
- Running Shoes 115.33 89.8
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.3 22.43
- Scooter Rental 46.13 343.47
- Summer Dress 57.67 31.43
- Taxi Start 4.61 4.71
- Taxi per km 2.08 1.01
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 20.76 22.45
- Transportation local 46.13, nomad 69.2, expat 92.26, family 173, tourist 17.3 local 53.88, nomad 61.73, family 123.47, tourist 17.96
- Utilities local 138.4, nomad 0, expat 173, family 230.66, tourist 0 local 168.37, nomad 0, expat 196.43, family 280.62, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 34.6, expat 69.2, family 115.33 local 0, nomad 10.85, expat 33.67, family 67.35
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.92 0.36
- Wine (Mid-range) 13.84 8.59
fix pass — Apples, Milk, Rice, Chicken Fillets and Beef moved to printed supermarket tracker shelf prices (miaspesa.it, miaspesa.it, miaspesa.it); Scooter Rental restated per month (in3giorni.com) and Laundry per kilogram (lavanderia-self-service.webnode.it); Gasoline aligned to the current Italy pump price (globalpetrolprices.com); dead links replaced (YesCasa listing dropped, CUS tennis moved to cuspalermo.it, delisted OVS product pages moved to live category pages, barber proxy moved to Treatwell Palermo); Bread and Doctor Visit (GP) kept uncited under Not verified; every category total recalculated to match the formulas above (Housing family, Utilities expat, Internet & Mobile family and tourist, Transportation expat, Leisure Activities expat, Health Insurance expat and family, Visa & Legal Fees nomad and Groceries family shifted slightly in the recut).

Cefalu cost of living