How much does it cost to live in Livigno?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$6,277 (€5,441)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: realadvisor.it, tripadvisor.com
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,331 (€1,154)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $15,389 (€13,339)
Good to know
Good to Know
- Livigno is a small, remote duty-free alpine village built around ski and summer tourism, not a digital-nomad hub — furnished short-stay housing is priced for tourists, not long-stay remote workers, so options and pricing swing hard by season.
- Rental prices vary enormously between peak winter (Christmas-New Year, February, Easter) and August versus quieter shoulder months (May-June, September-November); the town-wide averages here are pulled up by peak-season and luxury-chalet pricing, so shoulder-season nomads should expect to do meaningfully better than the averages shown.
- Duty-free status keeps alcohol, tobacco and some electronics cheap, but Livigno's remote high-altitude location means fresh produce and imported grocery items tend to cost more than in lowland Italian towns.
- Hard, current pricing data for everyday groceries and restaurant meals in Livigno is thin online — treat the grocery/dining figures here as reasonable estimates rather than confirmed current prices, and expect real prices to shift with season and exchange rates.
- Livigno's local bus network is genuinely free for everyone, not just accommodation guests — a real cost advantage over most alpine resort towns.
- Livigno is a special duty-free zone within Italy, so everyday shopping (fuel, alcohol, some electronics) tends to be cheaper than typical Italian prices, though this doesn't directly affect the work/transport/essentials figures above.
- The only confirmed coworking space in town is Mottolino's ski-lift-adjacent 'Ski Working Hub' — pricing found was from its 2023 launch announcement and may have changed since; worth double-checking current rates before relying on it.
- Livigno is a tiny, highly seasonal ski town (year-round population near 7,000, swelling to ~20,000 in winter) — day-to-day services like gyms, mobile shops, and healthcare options are limited compared to a city, and several figures here are best estimates rather than confirmed local prices.
- If you're a non-EU passport holder planning to stay 3+ months to work remotely, budget time for Italy's Digital Nomad Visa process (consular appointment, income proof, health insurance) rather than assuming the 90-day Schengen allowance will cover a longer stay.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- €5,441
Includes 6 estimated components
- Lean month
- €1,154
Includes 4 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- €13,339
Includes 7 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Livigno has no documented digital-nomad or expat residential clustering — it is a small (~6,000 permanent residents), remote, high-altitude duty-free ski and summer-tourism village, not a nomad hub. Nearly all short-stay furnished housing is aimed at skiers/summer tourists rather than long-stay remote workers. We priced the town center strip (Via Plan / Via Saroch / central Livigno, where the shops, restaurants and rental agencies concentrate) as the closest reasonable proxy for the whole village, since Livigno is essentially one main settlement rather than several distinct nomad-relevant districts.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- €4,470
Survey / cost-of-living site
RealAdvisor states the average monthly rent for an apartment in Livigno is €4,470.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- €1,355
Survey / cost-of-living site
RealAdvisor states the middle 80% of Livigno apartment rentals range from €1,355 to €12,133/month; €1,355 is the stated lower bound of that range, used as the budget-tier figure.
- Premium apartment
- €12,133
Survey / cost-of-living site
RealAdvisor states the middle 80% of Livigno apartment rentals range from €1,355 to €12,133/month; €12,133 is the stated upper bound, used as the premium-tier figure (likely reflects large luxury chalets during peak winter season).
- Private room in a shared home
- €650
Estimated
No live listings for a private room in a shared home were found for Livigno specifically (the market here is almost entirely whole-unit tourist/chalet rentals). Figure is a judgment estimate based on the general Livigno apartment rental range found on RealAdvisor, scaled down for a single shared room.
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- €400
Estimated
No current specific monthly grocery total for Livigno could be retrieved (Numbeo's Livigno page exists but flags insufficient contributor data). Estimated above a typical small-Italian-town baseline to reflect Livigno's remote alpine location, which pushes up prices on fresh/imported produce even though duty-free status keeps some goods cheap.
Sample prices
1L Milk
- 1L Milk
- €1.60
Estimated
No current Livigno-specific listing found; estimated from general Italian mountain-town retail pricing.
Loaf of Bread (500g)
- Loaf Of Bread (500g)
- €2.50
Estimated
Estimated from general Italian mountain-town retail pricing; no Livigno-specific figure found.
12 Eggs
- 12 Eggs
- €4.20
Estimated
Estimated from general Italian mountain-town retail pricing; no Livigno-specific figure found.
1kg Chicken Breast
- 1kg Chicken Breast
- €11
Estimated
Estimated, adjusted upward for Livigno's remote-alpine import costs on fresh meat/produce; no direct current listing found.
1.5L Bottled Water (Supermarket)
- 1.5L Bottled Water (Supermarket)
- €0.80
Estimated
Estimated from general Italian retail pricing; no Livigno-specific supermarket figure found.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- €11
Estimated
A 2012 Tripadvisor Livigno forum thread quoted pasta/pizza at roughly €6-9, but that figure is over a decade old and unusable as a current price. Current figure is estimated upward from that old anecdote, adjusted for inflation and Livigno's resort-town premium. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 14 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- €70
Estimated
Estimated for one person at a higher-end restaurant (e.g. a steak or tasting-menu style meal), based on general Italian alpine-resort pricing; no current single-source figure for Livigno was found.
- Mid-range meal
- €26
Estimated
Estimated for one person at a mid-range sit-down restaurant, based on general Italian alpine-resort pricing patterns; no current single-source figure for Livigno was found. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 35 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Venue
- Mottolino Ski Working Hub (Mottolino Fun Mountain, foot of the Mottolino cable car)
- Day pass
- €15
Operator's own price
News report quoting Mottolino Fun Mountain's own launch pricing for its Ski Working Hub coworking space: half-day 9 EUR, full day 15 EUR.
- Monthly hot desk
- €250
Estimated
No published monthly rate exists for Mottolino's coworking space (only day/half-day passes are advertised). Estimated as a discounted multiple of the published 15 EUR day-pass rate for a working month with a typical loyalty/bulk discount.
Transport
- Single ride
- €0.00
Operator's own price
Same free-bus policy applies per ride — Livigno's four local bus lines run free of charge daily.
- Monthly pass
- €0.00
Operator's own price
Official tourism board page states the local bus network is free of charge for everyone, no pass purchase required beyond requesting the free MyLivignoPass from accommodation.
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- €10
Estimated
Estimated from typical Italian prepaid SIM plans (e.g. iliad/TIM/Vodafone budget tiers commonly sold around 9-12 EUR/month for large data allowances); no Livigno-specific retailer page was retrieved at the time of research.
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Livigno experiences a sustained, multi-month ski season (December–March) and summer tourism peak (June–August) driven by snow conditions and Alpine recreation, with documented higher accommodation prices during these periods.
Low season
- Budget
- €70
May/September low-season; Likibu data shows May averages $157/night vacation rentals (~€145), hotels typically 30–40% lower than high season
- Luxury
- €320
5-star low-season; maintained premium positioning but with seasonal reduction
- Premium
- €200
4-star low-season; 40–45% discount from high-season premium tier
- Standard
- €110
3-star low-season pricing; proportional reduction from high-season rates
High season
- Budget
- €120
2-star hotel typical pricing; budget tier hotels (Hotel Intermonti, Garni Baita Cecilia) cited at $95–$152 USD, converted to EUR approximate
- Luxury
- €550
5-star comparable (Mohe Boutique Hotel, Dimora Degli Dei level); high-end winter ski resort pricing
- Premium
- €350
4-star hotel; luxury ski properties near slopes, estimated from higher-end market segment pricing
- Standard
- €200
3-star hotel; typical range $132–$172 USD cited for mid-tier properties (Hotel San Giovanni, Park Chalet Village)
Low-season months
- April
- May
- September
- October
- November
High-season months
- June
- July
- August
- December
- January
- February
- March
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
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