Rome vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Rome	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1750	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4293	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$929	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1751	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1885	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	86	79
🏙️ Population	2.75M	24.9M

The cost of living in Rome is 54% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2722nd and 4780th ($1750 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Italy and China, respectively. Check Italy vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 294th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Shanghai

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	Rome	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1074	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$679	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.61%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7363	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.3	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.91	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.09	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.4	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$513	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$31401

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774