Kagoshima vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kagoshima	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1158	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2542	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$557	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$395	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2402	$1842
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	92
😀 Quality of life	71	86
🏙️ Population	594K	2.75M

The cost of living in Kagoshima is 33% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 4615th and 2624th ($1158 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 60th and 2nd in Japan and Italy, respectively. Check Japan vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kagoshima compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Kagoshima ranked 243rd best city to live in Japan vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 1989th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kagoshima vs Rome infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kagoshima/rome.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kagoshima vs Rome infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kagoshima/rome" target="_blank">Kagoshima vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kagoshima vs Rome

Prices for goods and services in Kagoshima and Rome are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kagoshima	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.68	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$512	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$115	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.83%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4063	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.2	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.77	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.37	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.2	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.93	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.9	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.4	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$302	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11723	$9864

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kagoshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Hioki	$1050
16 km or 10 mi	Aira	$1041
25 km or 16 mi	Kirishima	$1016
27 km or 17 mi	Minamikyushu	$1031
30 km or 19 mi	Minamisatsuma	$1029
30 km or 19 mi	Ichikikushikino	$1018
34 km or 21 mi	Satsumasendai	$1006
36 km or 22 mi	Satsuma	$992
37 km or 23 mi	Kanoya	$1001
39 km or 24 mi	Ibusuki	$1011
44 km or 27 mi	Makurazaki	$1004
44 km or 27 mi	Soo	$949
48 km or 30 mi	Shibushi	$958
50 km or 31 mi	Miyakonojo	$937
51 km or 32 mi	Isa	$945
56 km or 35 mi	Mimata	$907
58 km or 36 mi	Izumi	$939
59 km or 37 mi	Kobayashi	$912
71 km or 44 mi	Minamata	$916
71 km or 44 mi	Hitoyoshi	$913
78 km or 48 mi	Nichinan	$894
89 km or 55 mi	Miyazaki	$887
98 km or 61 mi	Saito	$872
102 km or 63 mi	Amakusa	$888
103 km or 64 mi	Yatsushiro	$884
107 km or 67 mi	Takanabe	$873
111 km or 69 mi	Kami-Amakusa	$880
117 km or 73 mi	Uki	$874
121 km or 75 mi	Minamishimabara	$877
122 km or 76 mi	Uto	$872
133 km or 82 mi	Shimabara	$873
134 km or 84 mi	Kumamoto	$894
135 km or 84 mi	Mashiki	$871
136 km or 85 mi	Hyuga	$905
142 km or 88 mi	Unzen	$876
143 km or 89 mi	Kikuyo	$870
145 km or 90 mi	Koshi	$873
146 km or 90 mi	Ozu	$874
147 km or 91 mi	Isahaya	$883
147 km or 91 mi	Nagasaki	$920

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