Hamburg City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamburg City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2022	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5040	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1032	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1994	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$244	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3442	$1966
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	84	93
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	1.89M	1.86M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 14% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1809th and 2592nd ($2022 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Hamburg City ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 42nd and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Warsaw

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	Hamburg City	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.7	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1068	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$783	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2256	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.8	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9009	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5949	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.89	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.8	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.88	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.6	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$239	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23771	$13474

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1614
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1594
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1579
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1581
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1614
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1589
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1485
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1608
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1566
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1581
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1629
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1447
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1549
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1704
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1540
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1649
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1543
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1570
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1554
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1555
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1546
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1500
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1557
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1547
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1547
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1520
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1627
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1245
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1799
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1584
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1523
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1498
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1364
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1539
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1551
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1388

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