Rome vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Rome	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2082	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4816	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1184	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$2040	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2197	$2278
😷 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 3% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1819th and 1966th ($2082 vs $2026) 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 1.1 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 179th and 348th 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	$16.6	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.22	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.75	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1430	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$899	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2479	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.7	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.26%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9165	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.6	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.11	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.2	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12431	$16711

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1200
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1814
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1702
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1500
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1435
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1419
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1405
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1675
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1441
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1385
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1180
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1165
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1353
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1502
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1376
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1322
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1240
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1404
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1187
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1227
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1203
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1437
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1275
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1431
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1332
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1432
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1426
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1686
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1083
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1456
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1615
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1450
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1312
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1505
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1233
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1391
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1718
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1358

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399