Detroit vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Detroit	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5076	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1225	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2140	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3098	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	77	94
😀 Quality of life	88	85
🏙️ Population	639K	1.86M

The cost of living in Detroit is 8% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1636th and 2069th ($2133 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1374th 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Detroit ranked 99th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 311th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Warsaw

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	Detroit	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$949	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1719	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.36	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.93	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.4	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1177	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16684	$15871

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1961
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2062
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2052
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2048
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2080
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1737
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2032
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2124
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2061
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1911
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2085
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2041
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2167
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2062
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2036
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2053
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1996
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1913
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2045
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1973
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1874
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1958
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2048
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2100
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2078
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2002
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2295
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1822
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1957
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1721
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2276
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1832
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1642
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1611
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1949
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1608

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349