Columbus vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	93
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	906K	1.86M

The cost of living in Columbus is 50% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1282nd and 3564th ($2202 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 202nd and 342nd 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	$18.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$11854

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385