Belgrade vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$717	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	94
😀 Quality of life	74	85
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.86M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 33% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4408th and 2069th ($1335 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Poland, respectively. Check Serbia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 2116th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Warsaw

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	Belgrade	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$15871

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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