Madrid vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Madrid	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3985	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$986	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1693	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$168	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2362	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	93
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	3.28M	1.86M

The cost of living in Madrid is 18% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2577th and 3564th ($1726 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Spain and Poland, respectively. Check Spain vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Madrid compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 121st and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Warsaw

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	Madrid	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.55	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1118	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$805	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2068	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.8	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.58%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4611	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2665	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.64	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.16	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.7	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.86	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.45	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.3	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.2	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9474	$11854

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1721
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1368
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1377
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1572
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1492
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1219
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1298
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1156
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1138
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1282
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1303
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1139
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1187
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1203
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1207
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$973
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$932
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1127
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1140
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1109
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$983
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1137
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1241
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$1142
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$902
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1260
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1206
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1283
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1327
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1096
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1382
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$987
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$963
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1191
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1056
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1210
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$807
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1214
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1176
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1437

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