Isfahan vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Isfahan	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$2020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1279	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$206	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$364	$1938
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$2219
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	91
😀 Quality of life	55	89
🏙️ Population	1.96M	2.75M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 75% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8682nd and 1942nd ($501 vs $2020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 69th 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 6324th and 292nd 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	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.99	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$5.92
☕ Cappuccino	$0.75	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$1313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$865
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$2374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$1513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.15	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.52	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.93%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1116	$8120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$610	$3992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.92	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.98	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.88	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$7.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.5	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.09	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$84.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.7	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$10916

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$476
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$470
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$515
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$459
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$463
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$538
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$508
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$483
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$545
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$530
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$503
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$588
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$494
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$566
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$607
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$560
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$604
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$571
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$611
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$457
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$540
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$530
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$622
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$503
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$635
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$684
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$641
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$598
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$637
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$638
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$553
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$640

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