Indianapolis vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Indianapolis	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2187	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5233	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1311	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$2114	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4970	$1966
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	93
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	888K	1.86M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 23% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1397th and 2592nd ($2187 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1219th 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 2.3 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Indianapolis ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 159th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Warsaw

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	Indianapolis	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.2	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.2	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.43	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1457	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1013	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1686	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1980	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.64	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.9	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.9	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1865	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27094	$13474

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$1999
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1927
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1963
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1954
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1975
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1929
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1905
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1694
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1900
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2092
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1612
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1448
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1894
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1793
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1980
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1822
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1560
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1837
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1814
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1877
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1896
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1436
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1921
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1824
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2464
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1852
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1840
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2124
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1896
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1735
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1894
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1860
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1845
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1856
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1828

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