Chiba vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chiba	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3327	$4293
🏠 One person rent	$524	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$202	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1636	$1885
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	92
😀 Quality of life	77	86
🏙️ Population	975K	2.75M

The cost of living in Chiba is 29% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 4480th and 2722nd ($1244 vs $1750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 2nd in Japan and Italy, respectively. Check Japan vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Chiba compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Chiba ranked 70th best city to live in Japan vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 814th and 294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Rome

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	Chiba	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.9	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.61	$5.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$604	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1057	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.02%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5029	$7363
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3186	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.84	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$38.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.5	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$2.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.29	$4.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$7.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.1	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.96	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.7	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$70.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.7	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$285	$513
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12540	$10781

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1079
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1089
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1139
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1094
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1145
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1096
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1055
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1061
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1058
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1076
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1067
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1080
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1033
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1047
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1090
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1106
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1009
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1063
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1030
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1082
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1052
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1052
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1050
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1081
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1034
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1029
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1077
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1080
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1056
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1187
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1641
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1085
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1033

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262