Melbourne vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Melbourne	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5563	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1336	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2266	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$338	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3776	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	98	83
🏙️ Population	4.53M	1.86M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 61% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 933rd and 3564th ($2356 vs $1464) 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 1.6 months in Melbourne compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 2nd and 342nd 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	$14.4	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1387	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1129	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2874	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1851	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.1	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8760	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7587	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$128	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.4	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.4	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.1	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1612	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18868	$11854

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1702
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1658
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1693
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1746
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1708
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1707
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1716
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1719
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1688
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1327
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1317
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1707
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1672
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1819
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1669
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1723
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2604
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1462
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1723
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2203
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1463
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1610
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1430
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2180
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1691
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1404
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2348
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1903
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2741
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$1998
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1461
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1888
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1354
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481

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