Rome vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$929	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	92	70
😀 Quality of life	86	68
🏙️ Population	2.75M	12.7M

The cost of living in Rome is 98% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2624th and 6198th ($1718 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 18th 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 Suzhou. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 337th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Suzhou

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	Rome	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613