Medellin vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$408	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	92
😀 Quality of life	53	86
🏙️ Population	2.53M	2.75M

The cost of living in Medellin is 47% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 6005th and 2624th ($906 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Colombia and Italy, respectively. Check Colombia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6049th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Rome

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	Medellin	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$9864

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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