Rome vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Rome	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1972	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4629	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1099	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$1926	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2041	$2218
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	94
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.86M

The cost of living in Rome is 0.4% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2104th and 2081st ($1972 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and Poland, respectively. Check Italy vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Rome compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 134th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Warsaw

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	Rome	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.4	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.2	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2194	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1571	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8628	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.19	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.81	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.52	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$499	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14156	$15882

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1179
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1779
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1512
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1417
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1400
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1683
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1367
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1166
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1173
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1322
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1474
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1421
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1316
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1212
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1383
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1473
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1296
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1217
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1215
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1395
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1240
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1407
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1346
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1429
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1385
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1645
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1048
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1480
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1570
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1413
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1305
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1476
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1201
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1431
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1685
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1330

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445