Leipzig vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Leipzig	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1371	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$641	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1212	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$462	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2399	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	93
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	625K	1.86M

The cost of living in Leipzig is 6% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 3960th and 3564th ($1371 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 531st and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Leipzig ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 106th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leipzig vs Warsaw

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	Leipzig	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$630	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1202	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$909	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5428	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.32	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.1	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.78	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.9	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.38	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.5	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.5	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.4	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10639	$11854

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Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1269
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1267
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1263
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1242
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1270
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1260
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1253
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1262
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1271
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1249
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1214
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1230
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1096
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1255
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1269
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1069
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1193
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$961
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1216
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1135
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1252
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1260
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1296
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1250
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1099
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1165
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1248
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1278
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1329
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385