Chef Amazing · Student eats · November 2026

Study abroad on a budget

Where students eat well for €10 a meal in 25 study-abroad cities: the cheap meals worth knowing, the market to shop, the supermarket to find, and how locals stretch it.

€12 a meal

AmsterdamNetherlands · a day for €23 (about $26)

€10 a meal

AthensGreece · a day for €12 (about $14)

€10 a meal

BarcelonaSpain · a day for €26 (about $30)

€10 a meal

BerlinGermany · a day for €17 (about $20)

€10 a meal

BolognaItaly · a day for €19 (about $22)

120 kr a meal

CopenhagenDenmark · a day for 295 kr (about $46)

€10 a meal

FlorenceItaly · a day for €20 (about $23)

€10 a meal

LisbonPortugal · a day for €18 (about $21)

£10 a meal

LondonUnited Kingdom · a day for £24 (about $32)

€10 a meal

MadridSpain · a day for €17 (about $20)

€10 a meal

MilanItaly · a day for €16 (about $18)

€12 a meal

ParisFrance · a day for €26 (about $30)

€10 a meal

RomeItaly · a day for €25 (about $29)

130 kr a meal

StockholmSweden · a day for 265 kr (about $25)

€12 a meal

ViennaAustria · a day for €18 (about $21)

HK$100 a meal

Hong KongHong Kong · a day for HK$170 (about $22)

¥1,500 a meal

KyotoJapan · a day for ¥3,300 (about $22)

₩15,000 a meal

SeoulSouth Korea · a day for ₩32,500 (about $23)

¥1,500 a meal

TokyoJapan · a day for ¥2,100 (about $14)

A$20 a meal

MelbourneAustralia · a day for A$43 (about $28)

A$20 a meal

SydneyAustralia · a day for A$34 (about $22)

US$10 a meal

Buenos AiresArgentina · a day for US$21 (about $21)

MX$200 a meal

Mexico CityMexico · a day for MX$420 (about $23)

CLP 10.000 a meal

SantiagoChile · a day for CLP 15.000 (about $16)

R200 a meal

Cape TownSouth Africa · a day for R370 (about $21)

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How Chef picked

One promise per city: every meal on its page costs the price on its card or less, with what that is in dollars. Places students actually use and that have lasted, bakeries, canteens, market counters, noodle and dumpling shops, a few famous ones that are still cheap. Copenhagen and Stockholm get a higher line because nothing good there costs less. Prices are typical, checked November 2, 2026; they move, so treat them as a guide.

Questions

Which study-abroad city is cheapest to eat in?
On Chef Amazing's list, Athens (a day of eating for about $14), Tokyo (a day of eating for about $14), Santiago (a day of eating for about $16).

How much does food cost a student in Europe?
In most of the 15 European cities here you can eat every meal for €10 or less and a full day for €16 to €26; Copenhagen and Stockholm cost more.

How did Chef pick the places?
Long-running places students actually use: bakeries, canteens, markets, noodle and dumpling shops. Every price is a typical price, checked November 2, 2026.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons and the places' own sites; "a photo like it" is the same kind of food, not from that place. Chef Amazing is not paid by any place on these pages.