Cost of Living in Ortigia, 🇮🇹 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 $1,347 $808 $1,291 $584 $146

Utilities 29 — $185 $269 $157 —

Internet & Mobile 6 7 $37 $37 $59 $37 $1

Groceries 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 $152 $471 $988 $382 $9

Transportation 3 4 21 $55 $62 $157 $34 $18

Dining Out 16 17 18 $954 $382 $584 $79 $73

Leisure Activities 22 23 25 $135 $112 $174 $56 $25

Health Insurance 19 $63 $95 $281 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 20 $11 $34 $67 — —

Total $2,754 $2,186 $3,870 $1,329 $274

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 $695.93 $561 – $898 per month

Coworking Space 24 $205.41 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 $1,346.96 $1,010 – $1,684 per month

Coliving Space $841.83 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 16 $3.37 per cup

Beer 16 $7.30 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 16 $11.22 per meal

Fast Food Combo 16 $14.59 per meal

Apples 9 $2.42 per kg

Bread $1.82 per loaf

Milk 8 $1.40 per liter

Rice 10 $2.46 per kg

Chicken Fillets 11 $13.75 per kg

Beef 12 13 $17.96 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 14 $8.59 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 17 18 $61.73 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 15 $0.36 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 3 $3.37 per trip

Taxi per km 3 $1.46 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 4 5 $33.67 per month

Gasoline 21 $2.27 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 3 $10.66 per trip

Scooter Rental 31 $343.47 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 6 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 22 $56.01 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 25 $22.45 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6 $22.43 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 23 $8.98 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 27 $84.18 per pair

Summer Dress 28 $33.62 per dress

Running Shoes $89.80 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 32 $22.45 per visit

Laundry 33 $0.56 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 30 $56.12 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 26 $6.96 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 Hanoi, Catania, Noto, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1025.3 1346.96
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 626.57 695.93
- Apples 2.56 2.42
- Beef 15.92 17.96
- Beer 5.13 7.3
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- Bread 2.11 1.82
- Chicken Fillets 9.4 13.75
- Cinema Ticket 10.26 8.98
- Coffee 1.43 3.37
- Coliving Space 684.94 841.83
- Coworking Space 170.46 205.41
- Dining Out local 85.09, nomad 625.87, expat 284.1, family 199.02, tourist 59.71 local 78.57, nomad 953.87, expat 381.64, family 583.68, tourist 72.96
- Doctor Visit (GP) 68.36 56.12
- Fast Food Combo 10.26 14.59
- Gasoline 2.05 2.27
- Groceries local 255.97, nomad 90.86, expat 369.9, family 625.87, tourist 5.63 local 381.64, nomad 151.53, expat 471.43, family 987.76, tourist 8.98
- Gym Membership 45.57 56.01
- Haircut 21.63 22.45
- Health Insurance local 34.32, nomad 68.36, expat 91.14, family 227.85, tourist 5.77 local 0, nomad 62.72, expat 95.41, family 280.62, tourist 2.09
- Housing local 454.99, nomad 1310.81, expat 853.71, family 1110.39, tourist 119.69 local 583.68, nomad 1346.96, expat 808.17, family 1290.83, tourist 145.92
- Internet & Mobile local 36.99, nomad 56.97, expat 45.57, family 59.71, tourist 2.82 local 37.02, family 59.45, tourist 0.75
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 34.18 25.81
- Jeans 73.98 84.18
- Laundry 6.84 0.56
- Leisure Activities local 28.41, nomad 142.05, expat 79.61, family 186.77 local 56.12, nomad 134.58, expat 112.25, family 173.98, tourist 24.69
- Meal (Inexpensive) 14.24 11.22
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 65.47 61.73
- Milk 1.48 1.4
- Mobile Plan 17.09 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 42.69 33.67
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.12 6.96
- Rice 2.17 2.46
- Ride-hailing (5km) 12.52 10.66
- Running Shoes 96.76 89.8
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.09 22.43
- Scooter Rental 39.88 343.47
- Summer Dress 42.69 33.62
- Taxi Start 3.99 3.37
- Taxi per km 1.89 1.46
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 18.78 22.45
- Transportation local 34.18, nomad 51.2, expat 48.32, family 113.64, tourist 14.14 local 33.67, nomad 54.99, expat 61.73, family 157.14, tourist 17.96
- Utilities local 113.92, nomad 0, expat 136.71, family 204.78, tourist 0 local 157.14, nomad 0, expat 185.21, family 269.39, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 17.3, expat 56.97, family 74.26 local 0, nomad 10.85, expat 33.67, family 67.35
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.66 0.36
- Wine (Mid-range) 11.39 8.59
Fix pass after the batch check: Scooter Rental (now per month, 125 cc €306 Sicily FAQ) and Laundry (now per kilogram, €8 per 16 kg wash) unit fixes; Apples, Rice, Chicken Fillets, Beef and Milk re-cited to the national supermarket shelf and Esselunga list; Pharmacy (basic meds) to the €6.20 shelf price; Doctor Visit (GP) to the borrowed Catania €50 listing; Gasoline cited to the national average; Apartment (1 bedroom), Airbnb (1 month), Housing, Utilities, Internet & Mobile, Groceries, Transportation, Beer, Wine (Mid-range), Haircut, Jeans and Summer Dress citations cleaned and category-total formulas corrected; Bread, Running Shoes and Coliving Space kept uncited because their sources are bot-walled (miaspesa.it, in3giorni.com, lavanderia-self-service.webnode.it, consdetroit.esteri.it)

Ortigia cost of living