Fortaleza vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fortaleza	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1752	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$328	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$340	$2042
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	94
😀 Quality of life	61	85
🏙️ Population	2.43M	1.86M

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 62% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6833rd and 2069th ($758 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Brazil and Poland, respectively. Check Brazil vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Fortaleza compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Fortaleza ranked 16th best city to live in Brazil vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5841st and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fortaleza vs Warsaw

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	Fortaleza	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.49	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.9%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1344	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$743	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.3	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.26	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.16	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.89	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.4	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.06	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.6	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2167	$15871

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Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$637
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$510
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$639
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$630
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$644
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$656
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$772
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$538
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$690
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$613
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$590
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$591
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$623
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$617
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$662
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$563
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$571
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$583
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$562
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$566
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$572
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$572
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$554
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$618
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$580
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$568
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$726
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$575
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$545
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$579
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$596
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$566
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$631
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$559
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$416
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$624
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$561

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