How much does it cost to live in Rome?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$3,056 (€2,649)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: immobiliare.it, idealista.it
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,259 (€1,092)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $4,145 (€3,593)
- Furnished 1-bed rent
- $1,904 (€1,650)
Trastevere
Good to know
Good to Know
- Prices climb fast the closer you get to major sights (Trevi, Pantheon, Vatican area) — eating and shopping a few streets back, or in neighborhoods like Testaccio and Monti rather than directly on tourist squares, is noticeably cheaper.
- Many Trastevere apartment listings on portals like Immobiliare.it and Idealista are pitched as 'temporary contracts' of 12-18 months rather than true 1-month stays — genuinely flexible month-by-month furnished housing is more reliably found via short-term specialist platforms (Blueground, Spotahome, Sublet), typically at a price premium over those longer temporary contracts.
- Cooking at home is a real money-saver in Rome: market produce and pasta are inexpensive by Western European standards even though restaurant meals and milk/dairy run higher than in many other Southern European cities.
- Rome's coworking scene clusters in Ostiense, Trastevere, and Prati — expect day passes roughly €15-30 and monthly hot-desk plans €180-450 depending on the space and how central/amenity-rich it is.
- The €1.50 single-ride BIT ticket has stayed flat even as ATAC's multi-day tourist passes rose sharply on July 1, 2025 — so relying on single tickets or a monthly pass is currently cheaper relative to tourist day-passes than it used to be.
- Italy's Digital Nomad Visa is genuinely new (launched April 2024) and processes are still being refined — expect some inconsistency between consulates on documentation and timelines.
- Mobile, gym, cinema, and 'night out' figures in this dataset are honest estimates, not pulled at the time of research — check a current carrier/gym site before budgeting precisely.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- €2,649
Includes 4 estimated components
- Lean month
- €1,092
Includes 3 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- €3,593
Includes 5 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Rome does not have one single dominant 'digital nomad hub' the way Lisbon or Chiang Mai do, but expat/remote-worker rental demand documented on listing platforms concentrates in Trastevere (riverside, walkable, cafe-dense), with Monti and Testaccio also repeatedly appearing as furnished short-term rental zones. Housing figures below are grounded in Trastevere, the neighborhood with the most short-term furnished listing data.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- €1,812
Local listing
Sublet.com Trastevere furnished short-term rental listing: 1-room, 2-bath apartment, open end date, €1,812/month (€906/week).
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- €1,650
Local listing
Immobiliare.it Trastevere listing: fully furnished 85 sqm ground-floor apartment near Piazza San Cosimato, €1,650/month, though listed for a 12/18-month temporary contract rather than a 1-month stay.
- Premium apartment
- €2,401
Local listing
Sublet.com Trastevere furnished short-term rental listing: 1-room, 1-bath apartment, open end date, €2,401/month (€655/week).
- Private room in a shared home
- €650
Estimated
No live listing for a single private room in a shared flat was found at the time of research; figure is an estimate based on typical Trastevere/Monti apartment-share room rates inferred from overall apartment rents in the area.
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- €297
Survey / cost-of-living site
HousingAnywhere Rome cost-of-living overview states a single person spends around €297/month on groceries.
Sample prices
Milk, 1 Liter
- Milk, 1 Liter
- €1.56
Survey / cost-of-living site
Numbeo Price Rankings for Rome lists regular milk at €1.56/liter.
Pasta, 500g
- Pasta, 500g
- €1.30
Estimated
No exact figure retrieved at the time of research; estimated from typical Italian supermarket dry-pasta pricing.
Eggs, 12 Large
- Eggs, 12 Large
- €3.80
Estimated
Numbeo flags Rome eggs as relatively expensive in its rankings but did not display an exact euro figure at the time of research; value is an estimate.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- €11
Estimated
Numbeo Price Rankings: 'Meal at an Inexpensive Restaurant' €15.00 in Rome. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 15 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- €80
Estimated
No single-page figure retrieved at the time of research; estimated based on typical per-person tasting/fine-dining pricing in central Rome restaurants relative to the mid-range figure above.
- Mid-range meal
- €23
Estimated
Numbeo lists 'Meal for Two at a Mid-Range Restaurant (Three Courses, Without Drinks)' at €60.00; halved here to approximate a single diner, so recorded as estimated per methodology. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 30 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Day pass
- €25
Survey / cost-of-living site
Romeing.it Rome coworking guide lists Wire Coworking (Via Giuseppe Libetta, Ostiense): 'Day pass €25/day, Flexible desk plan €200/month'.
- Monthly hot desk
- €200
Survey / cost-of-living site
Same Romeing.it listing for Wire Coworking (Ostiense): 'Flexible desk plan €200/month'.
Transport
- Single ride
- €1.50
Survey / cost-of-living site
fromhometorome.com: 'Single-ride tickets remain at €1.50 – one of the lowest rates in Europe,' unchanged despite the July 2025 tourist-pass price hikes.
- Monthly pass
- €35
Official figure
ATAC's own site: 'Holders of the new èRoma electronic card will be able to charge online the monthly Metrebus Roma pass for 35 euros.'
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- €9.99
Estimated
No live carrier page pulled at the time of research; estimate based on typical entry-level prepaid SIM pricing from Italian MVNOs (e.g. Iliad-style plans) commonly cited around €9-10/month for 100GB+.
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Summer tourism peak (June–August) with Estate Romana festival (June–September) and intense heat drive material rate premiums; winter (December–February) sees documented lowest hotel rates and fewer crowds, creating a sustained multi-month seasonal swing.
Low season
- Budget
- €70
2-star hotel winter (Trivago January 2027 $147 avg; winter sources cite €70–€85 double room winter baseline)
- Luxury
- €350
5-star hotel winter (GeziKolik €500–€1,000 summer; winter rates estimated 30–40% discount per seasonal analysis)
- Premium
- €165
4-star hotel winter (Kayak: January/December 4-star $135–$141 avg; applies low-season 4-star rate)
- Standard
- €120
3-star hotel winter (Trivago January 2027 $147 avg; MachauPicchu €110–€130 winter range for mid-range rooms)
High season
- Budget
- €95
2-star hotel average (Trivago summer 2026 data: July avg $159, mid-range hotel segment)
- Luxury
- €650
5-star hotel summer peak (GeziKolik explicitly states €500 starting, reaching €1,000+ during peak summer months; using mid-range of documented €500–€1,000 span)
- Premium
- €280
4-star hotel summer rates (Kayak 4-star data: $135–$141 low season; extrapolating to summer via high-season multipliers and GeziKolik €220–€350 range)
- Standard
- €180
3-star hotel mid-range (Trivago July 2026: $159 avg; Budget Your Trip reports $191 high-season 3-star; sources cite €180 summer baseline)
Low-season months
- December
- January
- February
High-season months
- June
- July
- August
- September
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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