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Cost of living in Trento

An expensive city for housing relative to its size, with quotations close to those of the big northern capitals, and service and restaurant prices above the national average. In return transport, nurseries, health and provincial public services are affordable and good. Savings in Gardolo, Mattarello and the valley municipalities.

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What costs more and what costs less

Housing is the critical item: OMI quotations for the centre and hillside districts are among the highest of mid-sized provincial capitals, because the valley floor offers little building land, demand from students, researchers and public employees is steady and tourism has brought short-term rentals into the centre. Restaurants, bars and personal services also cost more than the Italian average, in line with the province's high income.

Thanks to provincial policies, public services cost less: nurseries and schools with income-banded fees, healthcare with few co-payments, urban and provincial transport with subsidised passes (free for many categories of students), school and university canteens. The Trentino Trasporti urban pass is cheap and integrated with provincial buses and the Trento–Malé railway.

Where to save

Rents fall in Gardolo, Spini and Canova to the north, Mattarello and Ravina to the south, the farther hillside suburbs (Meano, Vigolo Baselga) and the municipalities of the Rotaliana and Valsugana linked by train (Lavis, Mezzocorona, Pergine). Students aim for rooms in San Bartolameo, Bolghera and Povo or the Opera Universitaria residences, which also offers subsidised housing and reduced-price canteen meals to those meeting the ISEE requirements.

The Province pays rent contributions and the care and family allowance to those resident for a set number of years: requirements and deadlines are on the provincial portal.

Rent per m² per month, central zone (OMI)

City figurePeriod: H2 2025Validsample unknown

Source: Agenzia delle Entrate – OMI, Banca dati delle quotazioni immobiliari, 2° semestre 2025 (consultazione per zona; perimetri delle zone dal servizio Geopoi OMI)

€6.9 – €10.1/ m²·month

Monthly transport pass

City figurePeriod: Oct 2025Validsample unknown

Source: Provincia autonoma di Trento – Tariffario servizi di trasporto pubblico in provincia di Trento (aggiornato ottobre 2025) · Abbonamento mensile urbano Trento «lavoratori e altri utenti» (non esiste un prodotto denominato «ordinario»: le tariffe urbane sono per categoria); tariffario aggiornato ottobre 2025

€33/ person·month

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