Melbourne vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Melbourne	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2308	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5590	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1286	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2187	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4060	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	100	85
🏙️ Population	5.35M	1.86M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 17% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1249th and 2069th ($2308 vs $1978) 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 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 1st and 444th 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	$14.5	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.74	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1462	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2675	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1808	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.5	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5978	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.57	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$115	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.43	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.58	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.9	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.7	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$72	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1948	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22799	$15871

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1681
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1673
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1736
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1768
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1738
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1728
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1706
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1725
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2058
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1464
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1362
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1813
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1662
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1786
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1667
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1660
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2019
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1771
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1678
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2127
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1364
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1568
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1580
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2117
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1599
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1747
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2292
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1888
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2640
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2181
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1839
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1184
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988

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