Chicago vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.86M

The cost of living in Chicago is 67% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 529th and 3022nd ($2678 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd 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 Chicago compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 23rd and 410th 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	$21.9	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$13608

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

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