Is Istanbul expensive to visit?
Istanbul's rooms are moderate on our data, and daily costs are mid-range — cheaper than most Western European capitals for accommodation.
How Much Does a Trip to Istanbul Cost?
Estimate your Istanbul budget for accommodation, food, transport and activities.
Calculate my Istanbul trip →Estimated Istanbul costs, excluding flights
Averaged across the year from TravelMometer's pricing data. Pick a trip length, style and group size.
🏨Accommodation€500
🍝Food€500
🚇Local transport€290
🎟Activities€330
Estimated total · 5 days · 2 travellers
€1,620
€810 per person
✈ Flights aren't included here because they depend on where you're travelling from. The calculator adds them for your departure city and month.
How much spending money do you need in Istanbul?
Spending in Istanbul is spread fairly evenly across food, transport and activities on our numbers, with food the largest daily line.
For food, local transport and activities, plan roughly €85 per person per day on a budget, €112 on a standard trip and €192 for premium travel.
How much does Istanbul cost for 3, 5 or 7 days?
Standard style, two travellers sharing a room, excluding flights:
- 3 days€922 · €461 pp
- 5 days€1,620 · €810 pp
- 7 days€2,318 · €1,159 pp
What affects the cost of a Istanbul trip?
- Accommodation — moderate for a large city.
- Food — the largest daily line.
- Activities — grow with travel style.
- Group size — sharing a room lowers the per-person cost.
- Travel month — we don't have sourced seasonal data for Istanbul yet, so estimates don't change by month; real prices usually do.
- Departure city — flights are estimated separately.
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