Rome vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Rome	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1972	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4629	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1099	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$1926	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2041	$381
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	91	57
😀 Quality of life	91	63
🏙️ Population	2.75M	2.42M

The cost of living in Rome is 122% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2104th and 6337th ($1972 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in Italy and Brazil, respectively. Check Italy vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Rome compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 134th and 5445th 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	$15.9	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.2	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2194	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1571	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8628	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.19	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.81	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.52	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$499	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14156	$15139

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1179
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1779
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1512
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1417
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1400
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1683
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1367
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1166
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1173
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1322
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1474
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1421
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1316
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1212
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1383
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1473
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1296
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1217
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1215
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1395
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1240
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1407
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1346
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1429
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1385
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1645
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1048
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1480
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1570
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1413
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1305
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1476
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1201
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1431
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1685
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1330

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751