Oklahoma City vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1922	$2082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4714	$4816
🏠 One person rent	$1055	$1184
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$2040
🍽️ Food expenses	$616	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3644	$2197
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	91
😀 Quality of life	88	91
🏙️ Population	681K	2.75M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 8% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2320th and 1819th ($1922 vs $2082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1744th and 2nd in the United States and Italy, respectively. Check the United States vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Oklahoma City compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Oklahoma City ranked 91st best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 312th and 179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Rome

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	Oklahoma City	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.84	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$2.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$983	$1430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$769	$899
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1804	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1279	$1607
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.8	$31.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	3.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$9165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$3801
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$41
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$5.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$2.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.48	$2.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.51	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$3.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.7	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.6	$88.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$569
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25219	$12431

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1955
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1941
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2011
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1883
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1947
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1758
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2039
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1865
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1850
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1838
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1853
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1652
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1903
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1571
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1860
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1894
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1876
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1884
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1833
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1842
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1581
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1536
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1762
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2214
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2249
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1860
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1820
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1979
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2177
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2225
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2285
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2393
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2115
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2233
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2076
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2293
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2127
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2034
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2188

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1200
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1814
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1702
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1500
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1435
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1419
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1405
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1675
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1441
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1385
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1180
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1165
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1353
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1502
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1376
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1322
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1240
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1404
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1187
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1227
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1203
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1437
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1275
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1431
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1332
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1432
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1426
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1686
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1083
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1456
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1615
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1450
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1312
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1505
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1233
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1391
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1718
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1358