Libreville vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Libreville	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1694	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$279	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$501	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.5	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$480	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	92
😀 Quality of life	40	86
🏙️ Population	797K	2.75M

The cost of living in Libreville is 61% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 7071st and 2624th ($668 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Gabon and Italy, respectively. Check Gabon vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Libreville compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Libreville ranked 1st best city to live in Gabon vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6902nd and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Libreville vs Rome

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	Libreville	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.3	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.83	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$276	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$196	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$541	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.7	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.78%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1336	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.24	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.65	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.27	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.03	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.3	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5922	$9864

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Cities near Libreville

Distance	City	Cost of living
144 km or 89 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
166 km or 103 mi	Bata	$1121
303 km or 188 mi	Sao Tome	$900
310 km or 193 mi	Trindade	$900
381 km or 237 mi	Malabo	$741
404 km or 251 mi	Limbe	$655
408 km or 253 mi	Douala	$1265
421 km or 261 mi	Buea	$601
449 km or 279 mi	Yaounde	$747
472 km or 293 mi	Kumba	$764
522 km or 325 mi	Calabar	$384
556 km or 346 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
574 km or 357 mi	Aba	$621
575 km or 357 mi	Bafoussam	$555
612 km or 380 mi	Umuahia	$883
621 km or 386 mi	Bamenda	$553
627 km or 390 mi	Owerri	$1611
635 km or 395 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
643 km or 400 mi	Gamboma	$522
662 km or 412 mi	Kayes	$523
680 km or 423 mi	Madingou	$519
698 km or 434 mi	Awka	$805
703 km or 437 mi	Warri	$881
707 km or 439 mi	Enugu	$462
707 km or 440 mi	Onitsha	$972
727 km or 452 mi	Cabinda	$676
785 km or 488 mi	Benin	$558
791 km or 491 mi	Kinkala	$520
800 km or 497 mi	Boma	$821
822 km or 511 mi	Matadi	$844
825 km or 512 mi	Berberati	$482
829 km or 515 mi	Brazzaville	$580
836 km or 520 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
869 km or 540 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
869 km or 540 mi	Owo	$651
896 km or 557 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
897 km or 557 mi	Akure	$634
928 km or 577 mi	N'zeto	$788
931 km or 578 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
951 km or 591 mi	Lagos	$1113

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