Living here · Money
What a month here actually costs
Built from the university's own cost-of-living figures, ESU's rents and mensa tariffs, the bus passes and the permit fees. Start from one of three months, then move any line to match yours. It is also the figure visa and scholarship forms ask you for.
Your month
€912
The university's own estimate is about €700 a month. Yours is well above it: rent is usually the reason.
- RentSingle room, €300 to €600 a month€450
- Bills and heatingYour estimate: ask the landlord what the spese are€60
- Groceries€60 a week when you cook everything€130
- Mensa16 meals at €4.70 (Tariff B)€75
- Eating out3 evenings at about €20€60
- Getting aroundStudent pass, €28.60 a month€29
- Health coverSSN, €700 a year, spread over 12€58
- PermitAbout €116.46 a year for the permit, spread over 12€10
- GymAbout €35 a month€0
- Everything elsePhone, clothes, going out: your own figure€40
The university calls its figures purely indicative, and so are these. Bills and “everything else” are yours to set: no official source gives them. Annual costs (health cover, the permit) are spread over twelve months. Your choices stay on this device.
Checked against Università degli Studi di Padova, ESU Padova, ESU Padova, Busitalia Veneto and Università degli Studi di Padova on Tue, 29 September 2026.