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

Researched Updated Oct 30, 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 26 $1,459 $651 $1,122 $539 $146

Utilities 2 26 — — — — —

Internet & Mobile 6 7 $11 $37 $71 $37 $0

Groceries — — — — —

Transportation 4 3 $55 $66 $153 $34 $13

Dining Out 12 $954 $382 $584 $79 $73

Leisure Activities 16 17 19 $137 $111 $166 $57 $31

Health Insurance 13 $67 — — — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 14 $11 — — — —

Total $2,694 $1,247 $2,096 $746 $265

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 2 $583.68 $450 – $763 per month

Coworking Space 18 $205.41 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 $1,459.20 $1,403 – $1,964 per month

Coliving Space — per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 12 $3.37 per cup

Beer 12 $7.97 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 12 $11.22 per meal

Fast Food Combo 12 $14.59 per meal

Apples $3.20 per kg

Bread $1.82 per loaf

Milk 8 $1.40 per liter

Rice $2.32 per kg

Chicken Fillets $10.88 per kg

Beef $15.71 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 10 $8.59 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 12 $61.73 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 11 $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 15 $2.26 per liter

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

Scooter Rental — per month

Services

Mobile Plan 6 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 16 $56.01 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 19 $22.45 per hour

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

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 17 $8.98 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 21 $33.62 per pair

Summer Dress 22 $33.62 per dress

Running Shoes $89.80 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 24 $22.45 per visit

Laundry 25 $0.56 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 23 $56.12 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 20 $5.95 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 30, 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, Ortigia, Ragusa

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1254.55 1459.2
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 569.61 583.68
- Apples 2.85 3.2
- Beef 18.78 15.71
- Beer 4.27 7.97
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- Bread 1.89 1.82
- Chicken Fillets 10.26 10.88
- Cinema Ticket 10.26 8.98
- Coffee 1.54 3.37
- Coliving Space 712.37 not set
- Coworking Space 164.98 205.41
- Dining Out local 85.66, nomad 909.97, expat 199.72, family 285.51, tourist 56.97 local 78.57, nomad 954.09, expat 381.64, family 583.68, tourist 72.96
- Doctor Visit (GP) 57.11 56.12
- Fast Food Combo 9.68 14.59
- Gasoline 2.11 2.26
- Groceries local 227.85, nomad 74.26, expat 342.47, family 739.79, tourist 0 not set
- Gym Membership 42.76 56.01
- Haircut 24.45 22.45
- Health Insurance local 16.88, nomad 74.12, expat 136.29, family 369.19, tourist 2.82 local 0, nomad 67.2, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 512.65, nomad 1196.89, expat 826.29, family 1054.13, tourist 113.92 local 538.78, nomad 1459.2, expat 651.03, family 1122.46, tourist 145.92
- Internet & Mobile local 39.81, nomad 45.71, expat 54.08, family 68.36, tourist 2.89 local 37.02, nomad 11.21, family 70.66, tourist 0.37
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 36.99 25.81
- Jeans 74.12 33.62
- Laundry 8.56 0.56
- Leisure Activities local 28.55, nomad 283.4, expat 97.05, family 153.59, tourist 22.86 local 57.13, nomad 136.83, expat 111.01, family 165.9, tourist 31.43
- Meal (Inexpensive) 13.67 11.22
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 65.47 61.73
- Milk 1.54 1.4
- Mobile Plan 18.82 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 44.42 33.67
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.71 5.95
- Rice 2 2.32
- Ride-hailing (5km) 10.82 10.66
- Running Shoes 102.53 89.8
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.09 22.43
- Scooter Rental 28.48 not set
- Summer Dress 48.46 33.62
- Taxi Start 3.99 3.37
- Taxi per km 1.89 1.46
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 21.66 22.45
- Transportation local 42.76, nomad 68.36, expat 73.84, family 181.72, tourist 17.09 local 33.67, nomad 55, expat 65.66, family 152.65, tourist 13.36
- Utilities local 102.39, nomad 0, expat 125.46, family 170.89, tourist 0 nomad 0, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 17.3, expat 62.73, family 102.67 local 0, nomad 10.85
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.69 0.36
- Wine (Mid-range) 12.52 8.59
Fix pass corrected Gasoline to the opened national average of €2.01/litre, and identified Doctor Visit (GP) as an Avola practice appearing in Syracuse search results; updated source retrieval dates to this recheck (globalpetrolprices.com, miodottore.it).

Syracuse cost of living