Rome vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rome	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2020	$1437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$3392
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$754
🏘️ Family rent	$1938	$1279
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$115
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2219	$1950
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	91	38
😀 Quality of life	89	80
🏙️ Population	2.75M	767K

The cost of living in Rome is 41% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 1942nd and 4147th ($2020 vs $1437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Italy and Croatia, respectively. Check Italy vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 1.4 months in Zagreb. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 292nd and 742nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Zagreb

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	Rome	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.92	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1313	$743
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$865	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2374	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1513	$991
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$125
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$222	$191
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8120	$5609
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3992	$3578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.6	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.8	$8.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.33	$5.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.3	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$8.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$8.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.1	$96.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$558	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10916	$12234

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1199
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1033
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1195
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1340
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1236
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1383
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1044
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$817
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$665
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$685
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1640
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$617
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1316
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1422
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1416
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1685
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$920
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$802
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1683
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1600
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$823
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1081
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1033
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1386
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1398
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1756
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1377
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1378
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$858
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1322
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$669
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$973
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1415
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1072
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1052
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$890