Cost of living comparison
Rome is 3.9 times more expensive than Chennai.
If you lived in Rome instead of Chennai, you would:
pay 5.4 times more for restaurants
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.80
₹150.00
|
$16.24
€14.96
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.35
₹363.39
|
$10.83
€9.98
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.47
₹39.55
|
$2.22
€2.04
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.21
₹17.78
|
$1.15
€1.06
|
|
pay 2.9 times more for groceries
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.53
₹44.21
|
$1.87
€1.72
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.88
₹323.97
|
$6.93
€6.38
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.43
₹202.63
|
$6.37
€5.87
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$0.89
₹74.07
|
$3.90
€3.59
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.50
₹125.29
|
$5.10
€4.69
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.23
₹102.83
|
$1.02
€0.94
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.40
₹33.75
|
$0.91
€0.84
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.69
₹57.48
|
$0.95
€0.87
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.23
₹19.26
|
$1.15
€1.06
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.22
₹18.12
|
$0.72
€0.66
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.21
₹17.87
|
$0.78
€0.71
|
|
pay 2.9 times more for transportation
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.73
₹394.82
|
$7.44
€6.85
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.98
₹1,000.00
|
$37.90
€34.91
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$15,576.23
₹1,300,005.42
|
$26,749.78
€24,639.41
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.59
₹300.00
|
$17.87
€16.46
|
|
pay 5.1 times more for housing
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$9.23
₹770.33
|
$30.04
€27.67
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$210.00
₹17,526.39
|
$1,171.95
€1,079.49
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$121.87
₹10,171.10
|
$721.77
€664.83
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$30.33
₹2,531.21
|
$175.72
€161.86
|
|
pay 6.3 times more for childcare
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$86.37
₹7,208.36
|
$516.83
€476.05
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,468.96
₹122,600.51
|
$9,813.53
€9,039.31
|
|
pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.16
₹180.00
|
$5.41
€4.99
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.64
₹136.84
|
$1.59
€1.47
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.31
₹360.00
|
$6.50
€5.99
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$16.99
₹1,418.32
|
$62.20
€57.30
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.00
₹250.00
|
$10.83
€9.98
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for clothing
Chennai
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$25.30
₹2,111.41
|
$67.31
€62.00
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$23.65
₹1,974.08
|
$30.97
€28.53
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$43.17
₹3,603.14
|
$81.10
€74.70
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$31.38
₹2,619.33
|
$103.39
€95.23
|
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