Edinburgh vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	94
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	488K	1.86M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 16% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1307th and 2081st ($2295 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th 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 1.1 months in Warsaw. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 83rd and 335th 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	$22.3	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$15882

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820

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