Chicago vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chicago	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2799	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6454	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1702	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2727	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$702	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5210	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	97	85
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.86M

The cost of living in Chicago is 42% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 394th and 2069th ($2799 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 338th 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 1.9 months in Chicago compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 16th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Warsaw

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	Chicago	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1993	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1414	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3215	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2313	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.77%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3645	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2499	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.8	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.01	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.3	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.5	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.84	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$135	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.7	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.8	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2032	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23423	$15871

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2384
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2360
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2396
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2386
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2367
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2202
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2287
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2393
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2385
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2399
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2366
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2400
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2426
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2288
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2398
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2406
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2405
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2549
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2393
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2413
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2395
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$2030
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2327
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2392
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2379
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2462
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$2008
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2388
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2399
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2468
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2363
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2495
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2268
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2392
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2368
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2261
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2392
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1989
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2376
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2426

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