Rome vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$929	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	92	17
😀 Quality of life	86	38
🏙️ Population	2.75M	9.03M

The cost of living in Rome is 196% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 2624th and 7893rd ($1718 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 337th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Zhoukou

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	Rome	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$14854

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484