Cost of Living in Trieste, 🇮🇹 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 4 18 25 $1,179 $821 $1,403 $651 $101

Utilities — $253 $314 $224 —

Internet & Mobile 7 8 $37 $37 $48 $37 $5

Groceries 5 10 11 19 20 21 $113 $249 $611 $226 $5

Transportation 2 3 $91 $79 $206 $44 $13

Dining Out 9 24 $936 $246 $543 $164 $53

Leisure Activities 5 13 22 $210 $142 $302 $74 $33

Health Insurance 14 $68 $112 $314 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 26 $11 $45 $69 — —

Total $2,645 $1,984 $3,810 $1,420 $212

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 4 5 $775.06 $640 – $819 per month

Coworking Space 6 $271.31 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 4 18 $1,178.58 $730 – $1,347 per month

Coliving Space 18 $617.35 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 9 $2.02 per cup

Beer 5 $5.70 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 24 $17.96 per meal

Fast Food Combo $13.52 per meal

Apples 19 $3.01 per kg

Bread $1.01 per loaf

Milk 5 $1.79 per liter

Rice 20 $3.24 per kg

Chicken Fillets 5 $13.85 per kg

Beef 21 $13.92 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 5 $7.11 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 24 $85.41 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 5 $0.74 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 3 $4.49 per trip

Taxi per km 3 $1.46 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 1 2 $44.00 per month

Gasoline 12 $2.27 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 3 $11.79 per trip

Scooter Rental 16 $190.82 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 7 $11.21 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 8 $25.81 per month

Gym Membership 13 $56.01 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 5 $29.54 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 7 $20.18 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 22 $8.98 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 5 $128.43 per pair

Summer Dress $33.62 per dress

Running Shoes 5 $120.81 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 23 $24.69 per visit

Laundry 17 $0.70 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) $44.90 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 15 $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 Turin, Rome, Hanoi, Berlin

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 2137.49 1178.58
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 831.89 775.06
- Apples 2.48 3.01
- Beef 21.37 13.92
- Beer 5.78 5.7
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- Bread 2.77 1.01
- Chicken Fillets 11.32 13.85
- Cinema Ticket 10.98 8.98
- Coffee 1.85 2.02
- Coliving Space 982.09 617.35
- Coworking Space 242.63 271.31
- Dining Out local 138.65, nomad 1097.63, expat 439.05, family 635.47, tourist 75.1 local 163.88, nomad 936.13, expat 245.82, family 543.27, tourist 52.53
- Doctor Visit (GP) 69.32 44.9
- Fast Food Combo 10.98 13.52
- Gasoline 2.22 2.27
- Groceries local 323.51, nomad 138.65, expat 404.39, family 866.55, tourist 9.24 local 226.48, nomad 113.24, expat 249.13, family 611.49, tourist 5.31
- Gym Membership 63.55 56.01
- Haircut 28.89 24.69
- Health Insurance local 0, nomad 75.1, expat 51.99, family 161.76 local 0, nomad 68.13, expat 112.25, family 314.29, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 635.47, nomad 1559.79, expat 982.09, family 1617.56, tourist 127.09 local 651.03, nomad 1178.58, expat 820.52, family 1403.02, tourist 101.02
- Internet & Mobile local 40.44, nomad 69.32, expat 51.99, family 92.43, tourist 5.78 local 37.02, family 48.23, tourist 5.23
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 33.51 25.81
- Jeans 98.21 128.43
- Laundry 6.35 0.7
- Leisure Activities local 69.32, nomad 323.51, expat 173.31, family 346.62, tourist 28.89 local 73.97, nomad 210.1, expat 142.04, family 302.03, tourist 32.73
- Meal (Inexpensive) 17.33 17.96
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 75.1 85.41
- Milk 1.68 1.79
- Mobile Plan 15.01 11.21
- Monthly Transport Pass 43.33 44
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 9.82 5.95
- Rice 2.54 3.24
- Ride-hailing (5km) 16.75 11.79
- Running Shoes 109.76 120.81
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 23.11 20.18
- Scooter Rental 17.33 190.82
- Summer Dress 43.91 33.62
- Taxi Start 4.62 4.49
- Taxi per km 1.85 1.46
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 25.42 29.54
- Transportation local 40.44, nomad 57.77, expat 80.88, family 207.97, tourist 17.33 local 44, nomad 91.14, expat 79.36, family 205.86, tourist 13.47
- Utilities local 184.86, nomad 0, expat 242.63, family 369.73, tourist 0 local 224.49, nomad 0, expat 252.55, family 314.29, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 34.66, family 57.77 local 0, nomad 10.85, expat 44.9, family 69.32
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.64 0.74
- Wine (Mid-range) 9.82 7.11
Mobile Plan, SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid), Taxi Start, Taxi per km and Ride-hailing (5km) clarified as national offers or undated taxi archive inputs; source titles corrected to match the pages opened (iliad.it, datitalia.eu).

Trieste cost of living