Overview
- The mixed basket totals about €598.95 in Milan versus roughly €369 in Naples, a 62.3% difference.
- Aosta ranks second overall at about €586, with Bolzano third at roughly €574 among the 18 cities surveyed.
- For a 28-item food shop, Catanzaro is lowest at about €165 and Bolzano highest near €220, with Naples and Bari among the cheapest.
- Price snapshots illustrate wide gaps: a bar sandwich ranges from €2.67 in Ancona to about €5.7 in Milan, and a dentist filling from €70 in Naples to €176 in Aosta.
- The study reflects list prices for selected goods and everyday services and does not include housing costs, offering a cross-city price comparison rather than a measure of inflation.