Glasgow vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Glasgow	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4959	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2124	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	626K	1.86M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 7% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1708th and 2081st ($2114 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th 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 1.6 months in Glasgow compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 39th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Warsaw

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	Glasgow	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.4	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1681	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4105	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3087	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$135	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$928	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21435	$15882

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404

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