Arlington vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	394K	1.86M

The cost of living in Arlington is 6% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2397th and 1966th ($1907 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 894th and 348th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Warsaw

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	Arlington	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16711

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399