Copenhagen vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	96	83
🏙️ Population	644K	1.86M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 63% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 872nd and 3564th ($2387 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Denmark and Poland, respectively. Check Denmark vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 9th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Warsaw

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	Copenhagen	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$11854

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2008
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1887
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1276
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1566
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1766
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1480
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1652
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1439
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1375
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1638
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1181
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1318
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1972
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1569
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1880
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1392
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1282
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1541
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1584
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1403
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1581
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1380
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1438
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1657
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1382
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1398
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1426
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1506
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1159
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1599
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1338
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1380
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1519
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1329

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