Arlington vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1938
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$2219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	91
😀 Quality of life	77	89
🏙️ Population	394K	2.75M

The cost of living in Arlington is 8% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2476th and 1942nd ($1856 vs $2020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st 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 405th best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 1375th and 292nd 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	$15.6	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$865
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$8120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$7.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$84.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$10916

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323