Rome vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$3059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$6994
🏠 One person rent	$929	$2104
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$3885
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$4040
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	89
😀 Quality of life	86	97
🏙️ Population	2.75M	5.87M

The cost of living in Rome is 44% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 2624th and 129th ($1718 vs $3059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and Singapore, respectively. Check Italy vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 1.3 months in Singapore City. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 337th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Rome vs Singapore City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/rome/singapore-city.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Rome vs Singapore City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/rome/singapore-city" target="_blank">Rome vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Rome vs Singapore City

Prices for goods and services in Rome and Singapore City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Rome	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$9.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$7.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$2532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$1834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$5168
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$3336
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$33.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$22055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$7662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$2.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$24.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$3.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$4.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$107
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$74
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$1115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$27780

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$539
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$679
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$682
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$669
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$604
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$529
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$532
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$645
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$458
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$670
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$565
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$883
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$628
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$395
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$695
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$417
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$430
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$500
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$619
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$620
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$605