Rome vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$929	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	40
😀 Quality of life	86	48
🏙️ Population	2.75M	5.94M

The cost of living in Rome is 123% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 2624th and 6559th ($1718 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and India, respectively. Check Italy vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 337th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Surat

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	Rome	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340