Hamilton vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hamilton	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2006	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4535	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2095	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$554	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2934	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	569K	1.86M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 1% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2004th and 2081st ($2006 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 1st in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamilton compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Hamilton ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 265th and 335th 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	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.17	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1114	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2011	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1880	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.9	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.2	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.64%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8824	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3366	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.3	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.91	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.42	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.7	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.1	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$620	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16689	$15882

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2214
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2318
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1832
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2049
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2308
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$2017
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2102
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2109
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1936
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1848
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2415
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2233
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1892
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2078
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2172
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1706
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2303
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2138
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2124
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2081
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2181
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$1863
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2125
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2123
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1581
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1930
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1802
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1449
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$1910
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1939
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1757

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