Dusseldorf vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dusseldorf	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4660	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1048	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$1825	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$536	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3858	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	631K	1.86M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 3% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2319th and 2081st ($1913 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 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 335th 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	$15.6	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.43	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$795	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1892	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9744	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5208	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.19	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.52	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.44	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.53	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.27	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.4	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1041	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20776	$15882

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1685
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1637
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1653
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1658
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1673
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1699
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1611
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1713
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1662
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1588
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1716
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1594
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1633
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1652
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1696
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1580
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1580
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1507
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1698
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1657
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1726
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1972
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1613
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1636
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1547
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1584
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1617
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1653
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1519
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1667
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1631
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1468
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1563
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1552
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1941

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445