Cost of living comparison
Rome is 0.9% more expensive than Road Town.
If you lived in Rome instead of Road Town, you would:
pay 13.4% less for restaurants
Road Town
|
Rome
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.50
|
$19.79
€18.57
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$11.50
|
$9.90
€9.28
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.25
|
$2.26
€2.12
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.67
|
$1.21
€1.13
|
|
pay 25.9% less for groceries
Road Town
|
Rome
|
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---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.94
|
$1.78
€1.67
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$9.00
|
$8.48
€7.96
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.53
|
$6.93
€6.50
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
?? |
$3.56
€3.34
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.54
|
$4.84
€4.54
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.04
|
$1.16
€1.09
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.13
|
$0.93
€0.87
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.91
|
$1.11
€1.04
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$3.18
|
$1.32
€1.24
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
|
$0.77
€0.72
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.36
|
$0.79
€0.74
|
|
pay 50.5% more for transportation
Road Town
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.23
|
$7.67
€7.20
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$38.48
€36.10
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,000.00
|
$27,486.24
€25,788.97
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$15.39
€14.44
|
|
pay 30.7% less for housing
Road Town
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$122.33
|
$30.43
€28.55
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,500.00
|
$1,171.91
€1,099.55
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,266.67
|
$773.95
€726.16
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$152.94
|
$173.31
€162.61
|
|
pay 11.9% more for childcare
Road Town
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$312.50
|
$531.12
€498.32
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$16,200.00
|
$8,734.44
€8,195.09
|
|
pay 16.2% more for entertainment and sports
Road Town
|
Rome
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.00
|
$5.50
€5.16
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.83
|
$1.67
€1.57
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.40
|
$6.60
€6.19
|
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Monthly membership at local gym |
$160.00
|
$56.27
€52.79
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.00
|
$9.90
€9.28
|
|
pay 2.5% less for clothing
Road Town
|
Rome
|
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---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$80.00
|
$85.59
€80.31
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? |
$36.33
€34.09
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$97.35
€91.34
|
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Men's business shoes (leather) |
$160.00
|
$123.90
€116.25
|
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