Rome vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Rome	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1972	$1040
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4629	$2420
🏠 One person rent	$1099	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$1926	$867
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2041	$289
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	91	30
😀 Quality of life	91	53
🏙️ Population	2.75M	486K

The cost of living in Rome is 90% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 2104th and 5257th ($1972 vs $1040) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and Namibia, respectively. Check Italy vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Rome compared to 0.3 months in Windhoek. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 134th and 6487th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Rome	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.4	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.2	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2194	$892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1571	$636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$85.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	11.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8628	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3484	$619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$49.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$8.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.19	$3.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.81	$7.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.52	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$2.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$107	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$499	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14156	$5490

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$945
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$982
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$998
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$925
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$991
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$893
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$890
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$891
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$796
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$663
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$691
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$691
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$723
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$903
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$590
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$615
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$904
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$549
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$813
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$994
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$632
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$554
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$811
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1031
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$872
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$912
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1104
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$631
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1015
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$997
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$742
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$610
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$851