London vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	London	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3851	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8597	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$2689	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$4575	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	99	85
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.86M

The cost of living in London is 95% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 8th and 2069th ($3851 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Kingdom and Poland, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in London compared to 1 months in Warsaw. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in London vs Warsaw

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	London	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.2	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.11	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3237	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2291	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4710	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4163	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$21687	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11040	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.04	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.31	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.76	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.97	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2511	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27583	$15871

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2960
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2512
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2449
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2514
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2435
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2367
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2352
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2337
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2633
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2374
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2456
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2200
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2197
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2273
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2655
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2091
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2515
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2224
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2205
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2785
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2164
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2559
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2275
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2223
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2469
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1780
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2118
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2122
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2132
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2160
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2419
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2000
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2245
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2416
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2165

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