Manila vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manila	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$790	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1963	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$379	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.3	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$386	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	74	94
😀 Quality of life	65	85
🏙️ Population	1.85M	1.86M

The cost of living in Manila is 60% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6703rd and 2069th ($790 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in the Philippines and Poland, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Manila compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Manila ranked 3rd best city to live in the Philippines vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5220th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manila vs Warsaw

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	Manila	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.15	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.27	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.7	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$458	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$815	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$416	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.3	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.5	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3756	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2382	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.04	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.74	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.44	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$139	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16980	$15871

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Cities near Manila

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Pasay	$785
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Caloocan	$568
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mandaluyong	$742
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$717
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Malabon	$674
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Makati	$1009
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Navotas	$657
12 km or 7.2 mi	Valenzuela	$432
12 km or 7.2 mi	Pasig	$642
12 km or 7.3 mi	Taguig	$807
15 km or 9 mi	Marikina	$555
15 km or 9.3 mi	Bacoor	$540
15 km or 9.3 mi	Paranaque	$651
15 km or 9.5 mi	Cainta	$760
16 km or 9.7 mi	Meycauayan	$561
16 km or 10 mi	Las Pinas	$628
19 km or 12 mi	Imus	$536
21 km or 13 mi	Antipolo	$570
25 km or 15 mi	Muntinlupa	$692
25 km or 16 mi	San Jose del Monte	$511
26 km or 16 mi	General Trias	$519
28 km or 17 mi	San Pedro	$617
28 km or 17 mi	Binangonan	$525
30 km or 19 mi	Dasmarinas	$414
31 km or 19 mi	Binan	$613
33 km or 20 mi	Malolos	$630
34 km or 21 mi	Santa Rosa	$575
37 km or 23 mi	Trece Martires	$542
39 km or 24 mi	Cabuyao	$616
47 km or 29 mi	Calamba	$489
58 km or 36 mi	San Fernando	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Tanauan	$535
61 km or 38 mi	Santo Tomas	$531
69 km or 43 mi	San Pablo	$477
74 km or 46 mi	Angeles	$624
75 km or 47 mi	Lipa	$425
79 km or 49 mi	Olongapo	$471
81 km or 50 mi	Mabalacat	$598
94 km or 59 mi	Batangas	$532
99 km or 61 mi	Cabanatuan	$448

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