Rome vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$929	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	92	56
😀 Quality of life	86	57
🏙️ Population	2.75M	2.42M

The cost of living in Rome is 144% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2624th and 6861st ($1718 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in Italy and Brazil, respectively. Check Italy vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 337th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Salvador

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	Rome	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$10392

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677