Jerusalem vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jerusalem	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5689	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2480	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$674	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	94
😀 Quality of life	87	85
🏙️ Population	936K	1.86M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 24% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 950th and 2069th ($2447 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Israel and Poland, respectively. Check Israel vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 351st and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jerusalem vs Warsaw

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	Jerusalem	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18.4	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.82	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1189	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2738	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2087	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14293	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9538	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.26	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.57	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.38	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.8	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23696	$15871

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Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

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