Cost of living comparison

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Lecce vs. Rome Cost of Living Summary

Lecce vs. Rome Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lecce instead of Rome, you would:

pay 9.4% less for restaurants

 
Rome
Lecce
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $16.80
€14.99
$16.80
€14.99
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$11.20
€9.99
$10.08
€9.00
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.96
€2.64
$2.10
€1.87

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pay 11.1% less for groceries

 
Rome
Lecce
Bread
1 loaf
$2.22
€1.99
$1.79
€1.60
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.42
€6.63
$6.16
€5.50
Milk (1 gallon) $6.49
€5.79
$5.58
€4.98

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pay 1.2% more for transportation

 
Rome
Lecce
Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.04
€7.18
$7.75
€6.92
Monthly public transit pass $39.19
€34.98
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $35,551.60
€31,734.00
$36,317.50
€32,417.66

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pay 42.8% less for housing

 
Rome
Lecce
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$31.87
€28.44
$28.36
€25.32
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,208.81
€1,079.00
$597.19
€533.06
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $873.39
€779.61
$474.02
€423.12

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pay 41.4% less for childcare

 
Rome
Lecce
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $487.21
€434.89
$559.87
€499.75
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $16,862.20
€15,051.50
$5,038.81
€4,497.73

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pay 9.3% less for entertainment and sports

 
Rome
Lecce
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.60
€5.00
$3.92
€3.50
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.07
€1.85
$1.96
€1.75
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$7.28
€6.50
$6.72
€6.00

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pay 0.5% less for clothing

 
Rome
Lecce
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$71.31
€63.65
$81.18
€72.46
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.31
€32.41
$47.31
€42.23
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$83.63
€74.65
$86.78
€77.46

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