Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Barbados
  3. Bridgetown
  4. Italy
  5. Rome
  6. Comparison
BBD
COMPARED TO
EUR

Rome is 55.7% more expensive than Bridgetown.

If you lived in Rome instead of Bridgetown, you would:
local_dining

pay 22.4% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.00
$30.00
$18.17
€15.93
+21.1%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $10.00
$20.00
$9.69
€8.50
-3.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.44
$2.89
$2.33
€2.04
+61.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.23
$2.47
$1.36
€1.20
+10.4%
Average +22.4%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 34.4% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $2.72
$5.44
$2.19
€1.92
-19.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $14.65
$29.29
$8.28
€7.26
-43.5%
Milk (1 gallon) $11.35
$22.70
$6.87
€6.02
-39.5%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $4.26
$8.52
$4.47
€3.92
+4.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $6.30
$12.60
$4.83
€4.23
-23.4%
Apples (1 lb) $1.96
$3.92
$1.08
€0.95
-44.9%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.11
$2.23
$0.94
€0.82
-15.8%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.58
$3.15
$1.16
€1.02
-26.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $2.29
$4.57
$1.24
€1.09
-45.6%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.93
$3.85
$0.79
€0.69
-58.9%
Onions (1 lb) $2.40
$4.80
$0.80
€0.70
-66.5%
Average -34.4%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 19.6% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.02
$14.04
$6.77
€5.93
-3.7%
Monthly public transit pass $52.78
$105.57
$42.40
€37.18
-19.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,750.00
$67,500.00
$27,862.31
€24,432.48
-17.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $26.50
$53.00
$16.48
€14.45
-37.8%
Average -19.6%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 62.2% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $69.06
$138.12
$37.53
€32.91
-45.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $660.00
$1,320.00
$1,159.69
€1,016.93
+75.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $360.00
$720.00
$810.19
€710.45
+125.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $87.94
$175.88
$170.33
€149.36
+93.7%
Average +62.2%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 4.6 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $125.00
$250.00
$568.09
€498.15
+354.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $3,000.00
$6,000.00
$13,931.15
€12,216.24
+364.4%
Average +359.4%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 0.4% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.50
$7.00
$6.06
€5.31
+73.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.81
$7.63
$1.52
€1.34
-60.1%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $8.00
$16.00
$6.78
€5.95
-15.2%
Monthly membership at local gym $82.01
$164.03
$74.78
€65.58
-8.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $10.00
$20.00
$10.90
€9.56
+9.0%
Average -0.4%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 0.5% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $83.75
$167.50
$102.92
€90.25
+22.9%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $65.00
$130.00
$39.37
€34.52
-39.4%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $137.50
$275.00
$100.69
€88.30
-26.8%
Men's business shoes (leather) $112.50
$225.00
$163.54
€143.41
+45.4%
Average +0.5%
Bridgetown vs. Rome - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2022
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