Hefei vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$205	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	66	86
🏙️ Population	9.37M	2.75M

The cost of living in Hefei is 64% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 7405th and 2624th ($625 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 2nd in China and Italy, respectively. Check China vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 3963rd and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Rome

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	Hefei	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$9864

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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