Columbus vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	906K	1.86M

The cost of living in Columbus is 33% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1476th and 3022nd ($2145 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 249th and 410th 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	$18.9	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$13608

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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