Hamilton vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$1906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	569K	1.86M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 26% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1784th and 3022nd ($2017 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 2nd in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 239th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Warsaw

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	Hamilton	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$13608

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799

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