Cost of Living in Como, 🇮🇹 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 $1,571 $1,078 $1,639 $739 $129

Utilities 2 21 22 $139 $237 — $139 —

Internet & Mobile 7 8 $11 $37 $71 $37 $5

Groceries 3 10 $154 $338 $738 $308 $1

Transportation 4 5 $93 $81 $228 $69 $16

Dining Out 17 18 $1,010 $327 $596 $123 $75

Leisure Activities 3 9 16 18 $220 $139 $2,043 $84 $21

Health Insurance 11 $67 $178 $710 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 12 23 $11 $22 $58 — —

Total $3,276 $2,437 $6,083 $1,499 $249

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 3 $738.58 $526 – $995 per month

Coworking Space 6 $212.26 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 $1,571.44 per month

Coliving Space 20 $841.85 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 18 $1.91 per cup

Beer 3 $7.99 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 17 $13.47 per meal

Fast Food Combo 19 $12.12 per meal

Apples 3 $1.93 per kg

Bread 3 $2.91 per loaf

Milk 3 $2.04 per liter

Rice 3 $3.12 per kg

Chicken Fillets 3 $14.03 per kg

Beef 3 $25.27 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 3 $8.19 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 3 $90.63 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 3 $0.58 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 5 $4.60 per trip

Taxi per km 5 $1.48 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 4 $44.90 per month

Gasoline 3 $2.07 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 5 $12.01 per trip

Scooter Rental $16.84 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 7 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 8 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 9 $56.01 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $20.20 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7 $22.43 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 16 $7.30 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 14 $33.62 per pair

Summer Dress $33.67 per dress

Running Shoes $89.80 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut $28.06 per visit

Laundry 15 $0.84 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) $68.36 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 13 $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 Bergamo, Hanoi, Berlin, Madrid

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1600.54 1571.44
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 883.95 738.58
- Apples 2.85 1.93
- Beef 20.51 25.27
- Beer 5.7 7.99
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- Bread 2.28 2.91
- Chicken Fillets 10.83 14.03
- Cinema Ticket 11.41 7.3
- Coffee 1.83 1.91
- Coliving Space 1025.3 841.85
- Coworking Space 216.31 212.26
- Dining Out local 136.71, nomad 852.3, expat 312.94, family 398.02, tourist 68.36 local 123.02, nomad 1010.21, expat 326.64, family 596.03, tourist 74.53
- Fast Food Combo 10.55 12.12
- Gasoline 2.17 2.07
- Groceries local 302.11, nomad 113.92, expat 398.73, family 712.37, tourist 2.82 local 307.59, nomad 153.8, expat 338.35, family 738.22, tourist 1.34
- Gym Membership 51.34 56.01
- Haircut 22.79 28.06
- Health Insurance local 45.71, nomad 85.37, expat 136.71, family 369.9, tourist 11.47 local 0, nomad 67.2, expat 177.5, family 710, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 712.37, nomad 1652.57, expat 1168.76, family 1938.08, tourist 136.71 local 738.58, nomad 1571.44, expat 1077.56, family 1638.79, tourist 129.08
- Internet & Mobile local 39.88, nomad 62.73, expat 48.46, family 59.85, tourist 2.89 local 37.02, nomad 11.21, family 70.66, tourist 5.23
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 37.06 25.81
- Jeans 88.47 33.62
- Laundry 6.84 0.84
- Leisure Activities local 39.81, nomad 283.4, expat 102.39, family 209.84, tourist 34.32 local 84.07, nomad 219.89, expat 139.07, family 2042.65, tourist 20.77
- Meal (Inexpensive) 14.83 13.47
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 74.12 90.63
- Milk 1.66 2.04
- Mobile Plan 15.36 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 48.46 44.9
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 7.98 5.95
- Rice 2.68 3.12
- Ride-hailing (5km) 12.52 12.01
- Running Shoes 96.91 89.8
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 19.9 22.43
- Scooter Rental 45.57 16.84
- Summer Dress 51.34 33.67
- Taxi Start 4.56 4.6
- Taxi per km 2.06 1.48
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 22.79 20.2
- Transportation local 56.97, nomad 102.39, expat 71.24, family 312.23, tourist 25.67 local 68.92, nomad 92.94, expat 80.93, family 227.63, tourist 16.05
- Utilities local 136.71, nomad 16.88, expat 148.24, family 227.85, tourist 0 local 139.39, expat 237.21, family 0, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 17.3, expat 62.73, family 102.39 local 0, nomad 10.85, expat 21.74, family 57.79
- Water (1.5L bottle) 1.03 0.58
- Wine (Mid-range) 12.55 8.19
Fix pass: Apartment (1 bedroom), Coworking Space, Coffee, Meal (Inexpensive), Fast Food Combo, Apples, Bread, Milk, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef, Wine (Mid-range), Taxi Start, Taxi per km, Gasoline, Mobile Plan, Internet (60 Mbps+), Gym Membership, Cinema Ticket, Coliving Space, Meal (Mid-range, 2 people), Water (1.5L bottle), Ride-hailing (5km), SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid), Laundry and Pharmacy (basic meds) retained where supported, with borrowing and source attribution clarified; Tennis Court (Weekend), Summer Dress, Running Shoes, Scooter Rental, Haircut and Doctor Visit (GP) explicitly marked unverified where a price page could not support the previous claim (expatica.com, housinganywhere.com, ferrara.lavapiu.it).

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