Indianapolis vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Indianapolis	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2405	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1478	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2331	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	888K	1.86M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 22% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1079th and 2081st ($2405 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 928th 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 1.8 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Indianapolis ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 237th and 335th 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	$20.1	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1535	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1207	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2597	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1915	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.4	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.27	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1743	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24177	$15882

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908

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