Charlotte vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$1906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	94
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	875K	1.86M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 57% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 761st and 3022nd ($2528 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 2nd 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 252nd and 410th 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	$16.6	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$13608

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385