Adelaide vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$2082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$4816
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$1184
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$2040
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$2197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	91
😀 Quality of life	93	91
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.75M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 12% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 1210th and 1819th ($2338 vs $2082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and Italy, respectively. Check Australia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 73rd and 179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Rome

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	Adelaide	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$899
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1607
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$31.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	3.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$9165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$3801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$41
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$5.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$88.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$569
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$12431

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1200
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1814
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1702
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1500
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1435
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1419
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1405
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1675
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1441
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1385
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1180
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1165
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1353
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1502
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1376
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1322
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1240
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1404
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1187
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1227
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1203
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1437
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1275
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1431
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1332
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1432
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1426
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1686
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1083
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1456
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1615
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1450
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1312
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1505
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1233
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1391
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1718
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1358