Rome vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$929	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	92	95
😀 Quality of life	86	86
🏙️ Population	2.75M	2.6M

The cost of living in Rome is 45% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 2624th and 4534th ($1718 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and Taiwan, respectively. Check Italy vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 337th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Taipei

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	Rome	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581