Columbus vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$1966
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	93
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	906K	1.86M

The cost of living in Columbus is 27% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1248th and 2592nd ($2252 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 242nd and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Warsaw

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	Columbus	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$13474

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390