Indianapolis vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	94
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	888K	1.86M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 36% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1378th and 3022nd ($2189 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 2nd 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 191st and 410th 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	$25.1	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$13608

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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