Rome vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rome	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2020	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1938	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2219	$767
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	20
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	2.75M	6.44M

The cost of living in Rome is 211% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1942nd and 7433rd ($2020 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 292nd and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Shangrao

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	Rome	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.92	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1313	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$865	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2374	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1513	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$222	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8120	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3992	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.6	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.8	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.33	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.3	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.1	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$558	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10916	$28686

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620