Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Italy
  3. Rome
  4. United Kingdom
  5. London
  6. Comparison
EUR
COMPARED TO
GBP

London is 51.7% more expensive than Rome.

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

pay 3.2% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $17.68
€15.51
$19.48
£15.05
+10.2%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $9.43
€8.27
$7.79
£6.02
-17.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.31
€2.03
$1.86
£1.44
-19.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.29
€1.13
$1.47
£1.14
+14.0%
Average -3.2%
Rome vs. London - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 13.0% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $2.05
€1.80
$1.35
£1.04
-34.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.69
€6.74
$4.52
£3.49
-41.2%
Milk (1 gallon) $6.03
€5.28
$4.71
£3.64
-21.9%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $4.10
€3.60
$2.78
£2.15
-32.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.57
€4.01
$3.74
£2.89
-18.2%
Apples (1 lb) $1.05
€0.92
$1.29
£1.00
+23.2%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.95
€0.83
$0.72
£0.56
-23.8%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.10
€0.96
$1.20
£0.93
+9.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.18
€1.03
$1.44
£1.11
+21.7%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.80
€0.70
$0.69
£0.54
-13.2%
Onions (1 lb) $0.76
€0.67
$0.67
£0.52
-12.4%
Average -13.0%
Rome vs. London - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 98.4% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.84
€6.00
$6.20
£4.79
-9.4%
Monthly public transit pass $41.26
€36.18
$194.84
£150.54
+372.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,288.71
€23,052.59
$27,689.74
£21,393.65
+5.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $18.86
€16.54
$23.64
£18.27
+25.3%
Average +98.4%
Rome vs. London - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 62.6% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $34.14
€29.93
$40.74
£31.48
+19.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,071.34
€939.46
$2,248.15
£1,736.96
+109.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $756.29
€663.19
$1,623.08
£1,254.02
+114.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $158.55
€139.04
$169.35
£130.84
+6.8%
Average +62.6%
Rome vs. London - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.6 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $561.96
€492.79
$1,865.81
£1,441.56
+232.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $12,794.16
€11,219.21
$23,333.34
£18,027.80
+82.4%
Average +157.2%
Rome vs. London - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 66.7% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.89
€5.17
$6.49
£5.02
+10.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.52
€1.33
$3.91
£3.02
+156.8%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $6.72
€5.89
$15.59
£12.04
+132.0%
Monthly membership at local gym $73.82
€64.73
$55.64
£42.99
-24.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $10.61
€9.30
$16.89
£13.05
+59.2%
Average +66.7%
Rome vs. London - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 6.6% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $97.63
€85.61
$86.79
£67.06
-11.1%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $37.17
€32.60
$42.73
£33.02
+15.0%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $101.14
€88.69
$90.85
£70.20
-10.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $146.60
€128.55
$117.19
£90.54
-20.1%
Average -6.6%
Rome vs. London - 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 2021
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