Edinburgh vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Edinburgh	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2043	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5104	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1223	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2302	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$520	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3083	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	93
😀 Quality of life	93	83
🏙️ Population	488K	1.86M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 40% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1692nd and 3564th ($2043 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Poland, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Edinburgh ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 64th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Warsaw

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	Edinburgh	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.63	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.5	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.32	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1312	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1867	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$279	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.07%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6453	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4477	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.53	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.8	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.94	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.86	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1620	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14724	$11854

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1651
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1693
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1803
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1659
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1537
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1731
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1527
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$1884
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1734
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1399
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1524
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1514
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1723
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1520
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1632
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1910
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1833
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1673
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1702
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1661
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1644
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1706
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1430
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1630
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1566
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1629
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1657
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1554
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1251
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1321
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1411
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1568
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1305
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1532
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1719
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666

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