Frankfurt vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Frankfurt	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2251	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5339	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1290	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4308	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	94
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	776K	1.86M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 14% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1384th and 2081st ($2251 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 Frankfurt compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Frankfurt ranked 10th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 48th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Warsaw

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	Frankfurt	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.9	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.71	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1825	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.5	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.59%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8499	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4451	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.42	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.2	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.1	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.34	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.2	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.65	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.7	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$823	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21222	$15882

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1826
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1891
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1869
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1938
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1851
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1765
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1746
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1889
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1903
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1814
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1867
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1827
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1817
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1886
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1829
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1846
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1878
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1872
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1668
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1775
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1798
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1852
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1780
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1732
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1851
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1740
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1822
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1793
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1773
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1829
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1754
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1996
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1855
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1709
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1772
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1747
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1778

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