Berlin vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Berlin	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4765	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1134	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2203	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$489	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$266	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3496	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	3.68M	1.86M

The cost of living in Berlin is 37% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1759th and 3564th ($2013 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Berlin compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Berlin ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 19th and 342nd 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	$12.4	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1192	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$858	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1755	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.7	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9186	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6527	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.8	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.2	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.84	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.14	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.88	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.6	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9556	$11854

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1671
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1729
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1715
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1656
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1735
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1601
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1629
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1701
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1673
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1581
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1695
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1689
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1622
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1607
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1618
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1656
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1628
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1536
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1677
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1372
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1443
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1280
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1288
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1298
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1263
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1271
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1379
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1370
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1348
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1297
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1196
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1249
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$848
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385