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How much does a trip to Rome cost?

What a trip to Rome costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Rome come to €78.00 – €88.00 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

€1,100 – €1,300

≈ $1,300 – $1,400 · rate of October 6, 2026

€82.00 – €92.00 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
€1,100 – €1,300
Most trips land in here
Set aside
€1,300
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
€120
10% of the trip
  • Food€620 – €680
  • Getting around€84 – €120
  • Airport, both ways€56.00
  • Sights and activities€250 – €350
  • Nights out€28.00 – €86.00
  • Lodging tax and odds and ends€48.00 – €57.00

Of that, in cash: €13 – €140

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Rome costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

€43.00 – €50.00 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
€23.00 – €30.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€6.00 – €8.50
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
€9.00 – €13.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€1.90 – €2.50

Mid-range

€78.00 – €88.00 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
€44.00 – €49.00
Getting aroundPublic transport
€6.00 – €8.50
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
€18.00 – €25.00
Nights outNow and then
€2.00 – €6.10
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€3.40 – €4.10

Comfort

€110 – €140 per person per day

The best food level we can price, a taxi when it helps, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
€51.00 – €74.00
Getting aroundPublic transport, and a taxi now and then
€8.30 – €11.00
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
€36.00 – €50.00
Nights outNow and then
€2.00 – €6.10
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€4.70 – €6.70

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Rome

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3€160 – €180
€52.00 – €60.00 a day		€260 – €290
€88.00 – €98.00 a day		€360 – €450
€120 – €150 a day
5€240 – €280
€48.00 – €56.00 a day		€410 – €460
€83.00 – €92.00 a day		€580 – €710
€120 – €140 a day
7€330 – €380
€47.00 – €54.00 a day		€570 – €640
€82.00 – €92.00 a day		€800 – €1,000
€110 – €140 a day
10€460 – €530
€46.00 – €53.00 a day		€810 – €910
€81.00 – €91.00 a day		€1,100 – €1,400
€110 – €140 a day
14€630 – €730
€45.00 – €52.00 a day		€1,100 – €1,300
€80.00 – €90.00 a day		€1,600 – €2,000
€110 – €140 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Rome

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Coffee, Berberè€1.80From the source Oct 2026
Cappuccino, Pizzium€2.50From the source Oct 2026
Supplì (fried rice ball), Trapizzino (Trastevere)€2.00From the source Oct 2026
Trapizzino (stuffed pizza pocket), Trapizzino (Trastevere)€5.00From the source Oct 2026
Pizza margherita, Pizzium€8.50From the source Oct 2026
Pizza margherita, Berberè€9.00From the source Oct 2026
Weekday lunch deal (pizza, drink and coffee), Berberè€12.00From the source Oct 2026
Tonnarello cacio e pepe, Tonnarello (trattoria)€11.00From the source Oct 2026
Tonnarello alla carbonara, Tonnarello (trattoria)€13.00From the source Oct 2026
Roman-style chicken with peppers, Tonnarello (trattoria)€16.50From the source Oct 2026
Carbonara, Salumeria Roscioli€18.00From the source Oct 2026
Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria)€2.00From the source Oct 2026
Water, 50 cl, Berberè€2.50From the source Oct 2026
Glass of house wine, Berberè€3.50From the source Oct 2026
Glass of white wine, Tonnarello (trattoria)€5.50From the source Oct 2026
Beer, 40 cl, Tonnarello (trattoria)€8.00From the source Oct 2026
Getting around
Single ticket, city transport€1.50From the source Oct 2026
Daily cap paying by contactless card€8.50From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 1 day€8.50From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 2 days€15.00From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 3 days€22.00From the source Oct 2026
City transport pass, 7 days€29.00From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, 4 km by day, not counting waiting time€9.00From the source Oct 2026
Leonardo Express train, Fiumicino to Termini€14.00From the source Oct 2026
Taxi, Fiumicino to central Rome, flat fare per car€55.00From the source Oct 2026
Sights
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine€18.00From the source Oct 2026
Vatican Museums (at the door – booked online)€20.00 – €25.00From the source Oct 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters
From Coffee, Berberè + Supplì (fried rice ball), Trapizzino (Trastevere) + Trapizzino (stuffed pizza pocket), Trapizzino (Trastevere) + Pizza margherita, Pizzium (€17.30) to Cappuccino, Pizzium + Trapizzino (stuffed pizza pocket), Trapizzino (Trastevere) × 2 + Pizza margherita, Berberè + Water, 50 cl, Berberè (€24.00).
Local and cheap
From Coffee, Berberè + Pizza margherita, Pizzium + Tonnarello cacio e pepe, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria) (€23.30) to Cappuccino, Pizzium + Weekday lunch deal (pizza, drink and coffee), Berberè + Tonnarello alla carbonara, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria) (€29.50).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Cappuccino, Pizzium + Weekday lunch deal (pizza, drink and coffee), Berberè + Tonnarello cacio e pepe, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Roman-style chicken with peppers, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria) (€44.00) to Cappuccino, Pizzium + Pizza margherita, Berberè + Tonnarello alla carbonara, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Roman-style chicken with peppers, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Glass of white wine, Tonnarello (trattoria) (€48.50).
Restaurants most of the time
From Cappuccino, Pizzium + Tonnarello cacio e pepe, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Tonnarello alla carbonara, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Roman-style chicken with peppers, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Glass of white wine, Tonnarello (trattoria) (€50.50) to Cappuccino, Pizzium + Tonnarello alla carbonara, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Roman-style chicken with peppers, Tonnarello (trattoria) × 2 + Carbonara, Salumeria Roscioli + Water, 1-litre carafe, Tonnarello (trattoria) + Glass of white wine, Tonnarello (trattoria) (€74.00).
Getting around

Which ticket pays off

A pass is only cheaper past a certain number of rides. This is that number, worked out from the published fares.

  • Pay by contactless and a day of public transport never costs more than €8.50: the cap applies by itself, with nothing to buy.
  • 1-day pass at €8.50: never cheaper, because by card a day costs at most €8.50.
  • 2-day pass at €15.00: it pays off from 5 rides a day at €1.50 each.
  • 3-day pass at €22.00: it pays off from 5 rides a day at €1.50 each.
  • 7-day pass at €29.00: it pays off from 3 rides a day at €1.50 each.

A pass only counts on the lines it covers. Check which ones before you buy.

Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

    • Five stars: €10.00 per person per night
    • Four stars: €7.50 per person per night
    • Three stars: €6.00 per person per night
    • Two stars: €5.00 per person per night
    • One star: €4.00 per person per night
    • B&B or guest house: €6.00 per person per night
    • Holiday apartment or short let: €5.00 – €6.00 per person per night
    • Hostel: €3.50 per person per night
    • Only the first 10 nights are charged.
    • Under-10s don't pay.

Which area to stay in Rome: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in Rome, and what does not

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: €6.50 – €26.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: €19.00 – €21.00 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters” instead of “Local and cheap”: €5.50 – €6.00 less per person per day.
  • “Pizza margherita, Pizzium” (€8.50) instead of “Pizza margherita, Berberè” (€9.00): €0.50 less each time.

What does not

  • The 1-day pass (€8.50): by card a day costs at most €8.50, so the pass is never cheaper.
  • Sharing a taxi: “Taxi, 4 km by day, not counting waiting time” costs €9.00, which split 4 ways is €2.25 a head. A ride on public transport is €1.50.
Questions

Questions about money in Rome

How much money do you need for a week in Rome?

For seven days, €570 – €640 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Rome?

For 3 days, €260 – €290 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Rome?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: €43.00 – €50.00 on the “Budget” style, €78.00 – €88.00 on the “Mid-range” style, and €110 – €140 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Rome on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: €43.00 – €50.00 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Rome?

From €17.00 per person per day (“Bare minimum: convenience stores and counters”) to €74.00 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Rome?

A ride on public transport costs €1.50. “Taxi, 4 km by day, not counting waiting time”: €9.00. The 1-day pass costs €8.50, but by card a day costs at most €8.50: the pass is never cheaper. Pay by contactless and a day of public transport never costs more than €8.50: the cap applies by itself, with nothing to buy.

Is there a lodging tax in Rome?

Yes: €3.50 – €10.00 per person per night, depending on the category of the accommodation. Only the first 10 nights are charged. Under-10s don't pay.

How much cash should you carry in Rome?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about €6.60 – €71.00 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Rome?

By card: in general.

Do you tip in Rome?

Restaurants: optional.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: October 2026.

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