Cologne vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$947	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	96	83
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.86M

The cost of living in Cologne is 9% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2551st and 3022nd ($1744 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 2nd in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 12th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Warsaw

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	Cologne	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$13608

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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