Adelaide vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	92
😀 Quality of life	94	86
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.75M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 15% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 1894th and 2624th ($1978 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 2nd in Australia and Italy, respectively. Check Australia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 46th and 337th 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	$14.9	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$9864

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201