Rome vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$929	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	90
😀 Quality of life	86	70
🏙️ Population	2.75M	13.9M

The cost of living in Rome is 150% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 2624th and 6956th ($1718 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 64th 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 337th and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Tianjin

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	Rome	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$3.41
🥤 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	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616