Hamburg City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamburg City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2172	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5195	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1961	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$611	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$270	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3668	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	84	94
😀 Quality of life	95	85
🏙️ Population	1.91M	1.86M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 10% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1536th and 2069th ($2172 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 months in Warsaw. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 41st and 444th 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	$20.9	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.1	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.78	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2245	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1554	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9266	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6228	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.19	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.9	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.7	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.6	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27074	$15871

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349