Glasgow vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Glasgow	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2011	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4929	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2177	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3222	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	94
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	626K	1.86M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 25% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1806th and 3022nd ($2011 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 2nd 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 24th and 410th 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	$18.9	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.4	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2489	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3920	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2776	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.84	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.3	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.9	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1078	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15092	$13608

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385