🇮🇹Cost of Travel in Italy (2026): Daily Budgets for 3 Cities
Ancient ruins, Renaissance art, and some of the best food on the planet — from the Colosseum to canals to cathedral domes, all a fast train apart.
Daily budgets in Italy
The cheapest city in Italy is Florence, at $85–155 a day mid-range per person; the priciest is Venice, at $100–190 — about 22% more for the same style of trip.
| City | Budget / day | Mid-range / day | Comfort / day | Cheap meal | Mid-range hotel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | $50–95 | $85–155 | $150–280 | €6–12 ($6.50–13) | €90–180 ($97–194) |
| Rome | $55–100 | $95–170 | $170–310 | €6–12 ($6.50–13) | €100–200 ($108–216) |
| Venice | $60–110 | $100–190 | $180–340 | €6–14 ($6.50–15) | €110–220 ($118–237) |
Per person in US dollars, flights not included. Mid-range is each guide's researched figure and includes a mid-range room; budget and comfort scale it by 0.6 and 1.8, so treat those as rough. How we work these out.
Plan a trip across Italy
Set the nights you'd spend in each city. Per person, before flights; each night counts one day of that city's daily budget.
Cities
🇮🇹Florence
ItalyThe cradle of the Renaissance — Michelangelo's David, Brunelleschi's dome, and more world-class art per square mile than almost anywhere on earth.
🇮🇹Rome
ItalyThe Eternal City — ancient ruins, Renaissance piazzas, and some of the world's best food, all stacked on top of 2,700 years of history.
🇮🇹Venice
ItalyA city built on water, with no cars, no roads — just canals, gondolas, and centuries of Byzantine and Gothic architecture packed onto a lagoon.
Head to head
Two cities side by side — costs, best months and what you'd do in each.