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

Researched Updated Oct 25, 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 11 $2,190 $1,308 $1,821 $928 $163

Utilities 31 32 1 — $216 $439 $183 —

Internet & Mobile 4 17 $37 $51 $79 $37 $0

Groceries 1 23 $168 $449 $954 $356 $12

Transportation 14 15 $84 $62 $168 $39 $20

Dining Out 1 18 $1,077 $471 $730 $182 $62

Leisure Activities 1 3 10 27 $196 $146 $2,543 $97 $34

Health Insurance 7 $63 $101 $280 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 8 9 $11 $34 $63 — —

Total $3,826 $2,838 $7,077 $1,822 $293

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Food & Dining

Milk 1 23 $1.85 per liter

Coffee 1 $2.36 per cup

Beer 1 21 $5.86 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 18 $12.35 per meal

Fast Food Combo 1 $11.71 per meal

Apples 1 23 $2.51 per kg

Bread 1 23 $2.07 per loaf

Rice 1 23 $3.24 per kg

Chicken Fillets 1 23 $12.52 per kg

Beef 1 23 $20.15 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 22 $8.59 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 1 19 $70.36 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 20 $0.36 per bottle

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 2 29 $928.00 $704 – $1,171 per month

Coworking Space 3 $281.00 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 11 $2,918.00 $2,019 – $3,580 per month

Coliving Space 2 $1,066.00 per month

Transportation

Taxi Start 15 $3.93 per trip

Taxi per km 15 $1.49 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 14 $39.28 per month

Gasoline 5 6 $2.27 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 16 $14.71 per trip

Scooter Rental 13 $561.00 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 4 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 17 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 27 $61.63 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 1 $24.98 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 4 $20.18 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 28 $8.54 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 25 $84.18 per pair

Summer Dress 26 $50.51 per dress

Running Shoes 24 $78.62 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 30 $28.06 per visit

Laundry 10 $1.55 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 12 $89.80 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 30 33 $8.98 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 25, 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 Ferrara, Padua, Berlin, Madrid, Hanoi

Expatica Rome basket from Numbeo snapshot 1 Jun 2026Index
Spotahome Rome furnished apartments; median 1BR €1,600/month (Sep 2026)Listings
NOTONLYDESK Roma dedicated coworking from €149/monthListings
iliad TOP 230 €9.99/month + €9.99 SIM activation (country prep)Official
EU Weekly Oil Bulletin — Italy Euro-super 95 ~€2.02/L (Oct 2026)Official
Italy Octane-95 €2.02/litre (19 Oct 2026)Index
SafetyWing Essential $62.72 per 4 weeks (ages 18–39)Official
Schengen 90/180-day visits; national visas for longer staysOfficial
Italy digital nomad visa consular fee €116Official
Livingcost.net Rome price table (Oct 2026 cross-check)Index
Airbnb Rome furnished monthly-stay categoryListings
Private GP first visits from ~€80 in Rome areaListings
MotoService Tricity 125 PACCHETTO MENSILE €500/month (national operator)Listings
ATAC Mensile Personale Roma €35.00/monthOfficial
Roma Capitale taxi tariff — scatto €3.50 weekday; T1 €1.33/km (Jul 2026)Official
Roma taxi standard 5 km + 5 min wait €13.10 (ART 46/2022)Official
iliadbox Wi-Fi 7 €26.99/month (€22.99 with mobile bundle)Official
Trattoria Der Pallaro Roma — primi €11Official
Bottega Trattoria De Santis Roma — primi €13–18Official
Esselunga Dolomiti 6×1.5 L €1.92 (MiaSpesa)Secondary
Esselunga Moretti La Bianca 3×33 cl €2.44 (MiaSpesa)Secondary
Esselunga Rosso di Montepulciano DOC 750 ml €7.65 (MiaSpesa)Secondary
Esselunga national staple prices (cross-check groceries)Official
Decathlon Kiprun running from €35.99 (KIPRIDE €69.99)Official
OVS slim-fit jeans €19.95 listOfficial
OVS cotton dress €29.95Official
Exclusive Fitness Club Roma — standard monthly €54.90Official
The Space Cinema Moderno Roma showtimes €7.40–7.60Secondary
Immobiliare.it Rome long-term rent listings (cross-check bands)Listings
Rome cost bands; indicative barber/pharmacy rowsSecondary
ARERA official household electricity and gas spend tablesOfficial
Acea Energia domestic luce+gas offers (Lazio/Roma operator)Official
Farmacia Fornari — Tachipirina 20 cp 500 mg €5.30 (national OTC shelf)Secondary

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 3004.04 2918
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 1444.25 928
- Apples 2.43 2.51
- Beef 20.22 20.15
- Beer 6.35 5.86
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- Bread 1.91 2.07
- Chicken Fillets 11.32 12.52
- Cinema Ticket 10.4 8.54
- Coffee 1.5 2.36
- Coliving Space 1270.94 1066
- Coworking Space 271.52 281
- Dining Out local 173.31, nomad 1097.63, expat 462.16, family 693.24, tourist 92.43 local 182, nomad 1077, expat 471, family 730, tourist 62
- Doctor Visit (GP) 69.32 89.8
- Fast Food Combo 10.98 11.71
- Gasoline 2.22 2.27
- Groceries local 369.73, nomad 207.97, expat 519.93, family 982.09, tourist 11.55 local 356, nomad 168, expat 449, family 954, tourist 12
- Gym Membership 63.55 61.63
- Haircut 28.89 28.06
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 75.1, expat 127.09, family 323.51, tourist 4.62 local 0, nomad 62.72, expat 101, family 280, tourist 2.09
- Housing local 982.09, nomad 2426.34, expat 1617.56, family 2541.88, tourist 161.76 local 928, nomad 2190, expat 1308, family 1821, tourist 163
- Internet & Mobile local 40.44, nomad 75.1, expat 51.99, family 92.43, tourist 5.78 local 37, expat 51, family 79, tourist 0.37
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 32.93 25.81
- Jeans 98.21 84.18
- Laundry 5.78 1.55
- Leisure Activities local 92.43, nomad 404.39, expat 254.19, family 462.16, tourist 34.66 local 97, nomad 196, expat 146, family 2543, tourist 34
- Meal (Inexpensive) 19.06 12.35
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 75.1 70.36
- Milk 1.79 1.85
- Mobile Plan 15.01 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 40.44 39.28
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.82 8.98
- Rice 2.77 3.24
- Ride-hailing (5km) 16.18 14.71
- Running Shoes 109.76 78.62
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 28.89 20.18
- Scooter Rental 13.86 561
- Summer Dress 46.22 50.51
- Taxi Start 4.04 3.93
- Taxi per km 1.56 1.49
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 25.42 24.98
- Transportation local 40.44, nomad 103.99, expat 69.32, family 207.97, tourist 28.89 local 39, nomad 84, expat 62, family 168, tourist 20
- Utilities local 184.86, nomad 0, expat 242.63, family 369.73, tourist 0 local 183, nomad 0, expat 216, family 439, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 46.22, expat 34.66, family 69.32 local 0, nomad 10.85, expat 33.67, family 62.86
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.64 0.36
- Wine (Mid-range) 9.24 8.59
Utilities cited ARERA and Acea Energia (Lazio); national-chain borrow notes added for Wine (Mid-range), Gasoline, Mobile Plan, Internet (60 Mbps+), Jeans, Water (1.5L bottle), SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid), Doctor Visit (GP), Pharmacy (basic meds), and Taxi Start cross-city USD note (arera.it, aceaenergia.it).

Rome cost of living