Frankfurt vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Frankfurt	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2102	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4758	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$2068	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4186	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	773K	1.86M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 18% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1589th and 2592nd ($2102 vs $1780) 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 2 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Frankfurt ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 36th and 387th 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	$17.3	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.05	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2335	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1600	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8020	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5017	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.93	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.77	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.73	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83.3	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$568	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15030	$13474

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1620
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1773
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1766
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1830
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1763
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1673
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1699
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1801
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1676
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1810
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1739
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1779
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1759
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1815
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1791
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1778
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1814
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1813
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1731
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1710
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1750
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1724
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1812
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1723
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1724
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1812
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1805
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1760
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1804
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1906
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1770
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1801
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1953
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1812
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1748
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1766
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1795
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1804
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1716

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390