Rome vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$929	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	92	71
😀 Quality of life	86	61
🏙️ Population	2.75M	10.6M

The cost of living in Rome is 257% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 2624th and 8748th ($1718 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 337th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Shijiazhuang

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	Rome	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716