Makassar vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Makassar	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$525	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1236	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$245	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$28.9	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$236	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	92
😀 Quality of life	57	86
🏙️ Population	1.34M	2.75M

The cost of living in Makassar is 69% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8440th and 2624th ($525 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 2nd in Indonesia and Italy, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Makassar compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Makassar ranked 6th best city to live in Indonesia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 5631st and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Makassar vs Rome

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	Makassar	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.05	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.25	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.04	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.69	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$288	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.1	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.8	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.97%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1536	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$614	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.58	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.4	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.95	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.93	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.08	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.73	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$105	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$9864

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Cities near Makassar

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Parepare	$508
253 km or 157 mi	Palopo	$522
358 km or 223 mi	Baubau	$506
376 km or 233 mi	Kendari	$512
379 km or 235 mi	Bima	$597
474 km or 294 mi	Palu	$553
523 km or 325 mi	Balikpapan	$606
529 km or 329 mi	Mataram	$355
549 km or 341 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
572 km or 355 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
573 km or 356 mi	Samarinda	$580
592 km or 368 mi	Ubud	$845
607 km or 377 mi	Denpasar	$497
614 km or 382 mi	Bali	$1267
623 km or 387 mi	Bontang	$553
691 km or 429 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
723 km or 450 mi	Kupang	$509
744 km or 462 mi	Probolinggo	$614
750 km or 466 mi	Gorontalo	$441
771 km or 479 mi	Maliana	$503
771 km or 479 mi	Pasuruan	$510
774 km or 481 mi	Surabaya	$549
779 km or 484 mi	Dili	$511
796 km or 495 mi	Ainaro	$501
814 km or 506 mi	Mojokerto	$505
814 km or 506 mi	Malang	$365
820 km or 509 mi	Batu	$410
861 km or 535 mi	Baucau	$502
867 km or 539 mi	Blitar	$453
870 km or 541 mi	Kediri	$464
915 km or 569 mi	Madiun	$486
952 km or 592 mi	Manado	$439
958 km or 595 mi	Tarakan	$527
974 km or 605 mi	Bitung	$442
984 km or 611 mi	Ambon	$507
988 km or 614 mi	Surakarta	$417
1015 km or 631 mi	Salatiga	$421
1015 km or 631 mi	Semarang	$493
1043 km or 648 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
1062 km or 660 mi	Tawau	$544

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