Charlotte vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Charlotte	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2423	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5566	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1475	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2428	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4235	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	94
😀 Quality of life	90	85
🏙️ Population	875K	1.86M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 23% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 986th and 2069th ($2423 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 865th 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 1.7 months in Charlotte compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Charlotte ranked 71st best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 234th and 444th 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	$16.8	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.9	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1574	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2056	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3607	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2665	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.4	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.63	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1305	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24711	$15871

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2239
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2121
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2196
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2067
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2102
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1960
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2019
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2160
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$1988
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2212
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2094
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2075
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1878
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$2167
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2070
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2156
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1923
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2124
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1993
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2152
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2305
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2065
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1853
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2418
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1970
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2529
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1980
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1929
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2105
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2166
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2737
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2166
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2154
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2013

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349