🇮🇹 2 cities in Italy, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 RomeBig city | $281 | $4,743 | €13 | €1.5 |
| 🇮🇹 MilanBig city | $312 | $5,915 | €14 | €1.5 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $281 and $312 a day depending on the city — about $296 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $4,743–$5,915 by city, about $5,329 on average.
By daily budget, Rome ($281/day) is the cheapest and Milan ($312/day) the most expensive.