Melbourne vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Melbourne	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2496	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6197	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1388	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$2468	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$346	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4328	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	100	87
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.86M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 23% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 893rd and 1966th ($2496 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and Poland, respectively. Check Australia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Melbourne compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 1st and 348th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Warsaw

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	Melbourne	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.7	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.06	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.97	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1549	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1138	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.61%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7481	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6465	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.92	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.8	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.9	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.3	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.7	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2232	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26129	$16711

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1822
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1894
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1928
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1860
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1896
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2217
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1604
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1487
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1979
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1815
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1898
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1824
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1753
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2223
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1904
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1821
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2308
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1477
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1699
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2338
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1710
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1867
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2482
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2050
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2379
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1997
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1288
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399