London vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	London	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3321	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7723	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$2218	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$3918	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$349	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4098	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	98	83
🏙️ Population	8.91M	1.86M

The cost of living in London is 127% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 38th and 3564th ($3321 vs $1464) 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 1.2 months in London compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5th and 342nd 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	$19.7	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.7	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.25	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2493	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1838	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4599	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3306	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.62%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16999	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9363	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.94	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.6	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.81	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.31	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.1	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.3	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.8	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.8	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2256	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25471	$11854

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3004
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2364
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2291
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2538
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2202
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2234
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2282
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2165
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2157
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2228
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2120
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2119
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2104
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2036
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2117
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2504
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$1981
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2152
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2050
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2345
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2067
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2599
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2173
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2043
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2001
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2155
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1974
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2051
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2076
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$1993
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1875
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$1976
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1920
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$1972
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2406
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$1908

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