Arlington vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	73	86
🏙️ Population	394K	2.75M

The cost of living in Arlington is 10% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2153rd and 2624th ($1883 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 2nd in the United States and Italy, respectively. Check the United States vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 1499th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Rome

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	Arlington	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$9864

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

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