Berlin vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Berlin	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5321	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1330	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2289	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$319	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3423	$2218
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.86M

The cost of living in Berlin is 20% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1150th and 2081st ($2371 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Berlin compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Berlin ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 45th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Warsaw

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	Berlin	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.65	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.71	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1383	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2475	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1800	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$307	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8891	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.59	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.4	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.2	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.6	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12679	$15882

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1960
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1941
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1902
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1979
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1908
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1878
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1921
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1895
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1840
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1920
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1903
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1827
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1854
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1863
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1682
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1870
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1482
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1517
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1460
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1332
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1459
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1462
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1459
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1482
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1551
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1505
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1434
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1448
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1419
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1443
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1190
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1416
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1080
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1551
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445