Dusseldorf vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dusseldorf	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1861	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4578	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1029	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1905	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$527	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3480	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	629K	1.86M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 5% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2278th and 2592nd ($1861 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 26th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Warsaw

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	Dusseldorf	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.8	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.17	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.23	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$959	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1887	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7923	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6295	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.9	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.97	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.77	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.9	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.6	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$657	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22103	$13474

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1566
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1548
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1571
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1556
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1578
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1527
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1620
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1505
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1558
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1489
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1441
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1538
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1464
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1463
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1465
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1425
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1652
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1497
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1638
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1543
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1461
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1206
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1479
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1415
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1525
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1582
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1441
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1478
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1470
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1851

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