Austin vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Austin	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2416	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5487	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1511	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2463	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4904	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	92	85
🏙️ Population	962K	1.86M

The cost of living in Austin is 22% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1002nd and 2069th ($2416 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 879th 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 2 months in Austin compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Austin ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 151st and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Austin vs Warsaw

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	Austin	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.79	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1903	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3088	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.9	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3258	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.41	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.9	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.21	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.78	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$129	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1317	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21266	$15871

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Cities near Austin

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
25 km or 15 mi	Round Rock	$2148
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
31 km or 20 mi	Leander	$2241
37 km or 23 mi	Kyle	$2222
39 km or 24 mi	Georgetown	$2188
51 km or 32 mi	San Marcos	$2215
76 km or 47 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
84 km or 52 mi	Seguin	$2210
86 km or 53 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
90 km or 56 mi	Killeen	$2022
93 km or 58 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
95 km or 59 mi	Cibolo	$2178
96 km or 60 mi	Schertz	$2164
96 km or 60 mi	Temple	$2136
122 km or 76 mi	San Antonio	$2023
137 km or 85 mi	Bryan	$1993
138 km or 86 mi	Kerrville	$2169
140 km or 87 mi	College Station	$1900
150 km or 93 mi	Waco	$2279
180 km or 112 mi	Victoria	$2220
204 km or 126 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
214 km or 133 mi	Huntsville	$2020
215 km or 133 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
218 km or 136 mi	Stephenville	$2154
218 km or 136 mi	Conroe	$1828
219 km or 136 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
226 km or 140 mi	Missouri	$2216
227 km or 141 mi	Spring	$2094
230 km or 143 mi	Cleburne	$2185
233 km or 145 mi	Corsicana	$2186
234 km or 145 mi	Houston	$2240
248 km or 154 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
249 km or 155 mi	Pearland	$2177
252 km or 156 mi	Burleson	$2184
252 km or 157 mi	Midlothian	$2190
256 km or 159 mi	Pasadena	$2240
258 km or 160 mi	Alvin	$2095
260 km or 161 mi	Friendswood	$2155
260 km or 161 mi	Mansfield	$2302

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349