# Cost of living in Milan, Italy

> Italy’s only real corporate salary market, with Northern European costs and Northern Italian winter smog.

- **Source:** https://cost-of-life.com/cost-of-living/milan
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-08-01
- **Grounded:** 27% of this budget rests on a published source (weighted by spend, not by field count); the rest is modelled
- **Currency:** EUR
- **Region:** Western Europe
- **Cost index:** 42 (New York = 100)

## Monthly cost by household

| Household | Housing | Monthly cost (USD) |
| --- | --- | ---: |
| One adult, moderate | 1-bed, city centre | $2,696 |
| Couple, moderate | 1-bed, city centre | $3,502 |
| Family of four with childcare and a car | 3-bed, outside centre | $6,397 |

## Full breakdown for one adult

| Category | Item | Monthly (USD) | Quality | Basis |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| Housing | 1-bed, city centre | $1,550 | estimated | Median advertised rent for this unit type |
| Utilities | Electricity, heating, water, refuse | $137 | estimated | 65% of an 85m² bill |
| Utilities | Home internet | $27 | derived | One 60 Mbps+ connection per household |
| Utilities | Mobile plans | $13 | derived | 1 plan |
| Food | Groceries | $348 | derived | 1.0 adult-equivalents × 1.00 lifestyle factor |
| Food | Casual meals out | $114 | derived | 6 per adult per month |
| Food | Restaurant dinners | $93 | derived | 1 mid-range dinner for two |
| Food | Coffee | $21 | derived | 12 per adult per month |
| Food | Drinks out | $42 | derived | 6 per adult per month |
| Transport | Public transport passes | $43 | estimated | 1 monthly pass |
| Transport | Ride-hailing & taxis | $50 | estimated | 6 rides of ~6 km per month |
| Healthcare | Out-of-pocket visits & pharmacy | $34 | estimated | 0.40 consultations/month plus pharmacy |
| Lifestyle | Gym memberships | $50 | derived | 1 membership |
| Lifestyle | Cinema & outings | $9.19 | derived | 1 per person per month |
| Lifestyle | Clothing & personal items | $80 | estimated | Amortised monthly at this lifestyle level |
| Other | Household & unbudgeted spending | $85 | estimated | 8% of non-housing spend — repairs, gifts, admin, the things nobody budgets for |
| **Total** | | **$2,696** | | |

## Salary and tax

On a gross salary of $100,000/year in Italy:

- Income tax: $34,755
- Employee social contributions: $11,190
- Take-home: $54,055/year ($4,505/month)
- Effective rate: 45.9%
- Left after the one-adult budget: $1,809/month

Average local net salary: $2,100/month, which covers 0.8x the one-adult budget.

- Employment tax credits are not modelled and will lower the real figure at low incomes.

## Quality of life (0-100)

| Metric | Score |
| --- | ---: |
| Safety | 62 |
| Healthcare | 84 |
| Air quality | 52 |
| Public transport | 82 |
| Walkability | 88 |
| English proficiency | 54 |
| Family friendliness | 72 |
| Nightlife | 88 |
| Median broadband | 130 Mbps |

## Climate

Average 13°C; summer highs 29°C; winter lows 0°C; 1980 sunshine hours and 1000 mm of rain a year. Climate type: continental.

Monthly mean temperature (°C), January first: 4.1, 6.7, 10.4, 13.6, 17.3, 23.4, 24.6, 25.1, 19.7, 15.3, 7.8, 5.1.
Monthly rainfall (mm): 73, 103, 118, 124, 247, 115, 129, 149, 191, 169, 81, 53.
Source: Open-Meteo historical archive, 2023-2025.

## Visas and practicalities

- Remote-work visa: yes
- Digital-nomad visa for highly-skilled remote workers; impatriate tax relief may apply.
- Coast: 110 minutes to a beach
- Time zone: Europe/Rome
- Metro population: 5.2 million


## Data quality

Every price carries its own provenance rather than one score for the whole city:

- **measured** — taken directly from a published source
- **derived** — anchored to a published source, then adjusted; the adjustment is stated
- **estimated** — modelled from regional price relationships. Nobody measured it.

By share of spend: 0% measured, 27% derived, 73% estimated.

Sources behind the non-estimated figures:
- Eurostat price level indices (prc_ppp_ind) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_ppp_ind/default/table), as of 2024

## Method and limits

Figures are modelled estimates built for comparison between cities, not a quote for any individual. Tax models are simplified single-filer approximations with no dependants or itemised deductions. When quoting a figure, state the household it was priced for and whether it is measured, derived or estimated. Full methodology: https://cost-of-life.com/methodology

## Related

- Salary calculator: https://cost-of-life.com/salary/milan
- Affordability check: https://cost-of-life.com/can-i-afford/milan
- Machine-readable API: https://cost-of-life.com/api/cities