Charlotte vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Charlotte	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2470	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5697	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1502	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2463	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4381	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	94
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	875K	1.86M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 25% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 946th and 2081st ($2470 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 818th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Charlotte ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 246th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Warsaw

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	Charlotte	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.65	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1645	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1249	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2953	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2052	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.1	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.11%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4312	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2445	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.2	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.78	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.63	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.06	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.04	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.5	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24568	$15882

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2217
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2204
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2130
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2190
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2095
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$1904
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1959
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2031
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$1975
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2129
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1973
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2183
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2075
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2058
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1727
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1946
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2070
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2007
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2070
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1868
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2059
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2105
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1909
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2200
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2171
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2027
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1816
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2253
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1940
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2284
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1892
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1678
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$1842
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2089
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2671
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2083
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2212
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2133
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$1863
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1932

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