Bucharest vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bucharest	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$961	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2436	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$449	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$333	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1072	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	76	93
😀 Quality of life	77	83
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.86M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 34% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5593rd and 3564th ($961 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Poland, respectively. Check Romania vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bucharest compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 703rd and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Warsaw

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	Bucharest	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.66	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$464	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$863	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.7	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.75	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.17%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2654	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1649	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.86	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.05	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.03	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.32	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.39	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.19	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.54	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.9	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9569	$11854

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$846
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$817
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$868
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$619
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$702
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$681
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$758
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$701
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$739
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$758
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$610
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$611
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$928
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$654
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$595
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$719
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$718
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$646
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$639
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$813
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$495
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$743
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$851
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$898
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$962
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$563
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$800
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$641
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$746
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$702
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$730
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$561
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$508
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$865
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$670
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$661
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$678

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