Rome vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rome	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2020	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1938	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2219	$969
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	2.75M	17.5M

The cost of living in Rome is 130% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1942nd and 6334th ($2020 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 292nd and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Shenzhen

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	Rome	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.92	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1313	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$865	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2374	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1513	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$222	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8120	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3992	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.6	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.8	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.33	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.3	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.1	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$558	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10916	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634