Houston vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Houston	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2240	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2042	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4580	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	93	85
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.86M

The cost of living in Houston is 13% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1375th and 2069th ($2240 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1186th and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Houston compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Houston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 77th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Warsaw

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	Houston	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.42	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1397	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$997	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2394	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1614	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2608	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1961	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.68	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.88	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$141	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23708	$15871

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2240
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2177
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2216
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2094
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2155
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2308
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2376
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2110
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2095
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2067
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1828
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1948
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2020
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1592
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1900
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1993
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1883
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2029
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1493
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2416
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2148
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2136
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2222
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2188
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2215
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2210
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2241
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2279
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2233

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