Isfahan vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$211	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	92
😀 Quality of life	48	86
🏙️ Population	1.96M	2.75M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 70% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8454th and 2624th ($523 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 2nd in Iran and Italy, respectively. Check Iran vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6375th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Rome

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	Isfahan	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$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	$257	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$9864

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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