Memphis vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Memphis	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1891	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4432	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1566	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$571	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.8	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	89	85
🏙️ Population	633K	1.86M

The cost of living in Memphis is 4% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2352nd and 2069th ($1891 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1822nd and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Memphis compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Memphis ranked 93rd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 293rd and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Memphis vs Warsaw

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	Memphis	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.4	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.8	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$978	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$882	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1417	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1517	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1503	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.01	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.4	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.35	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.68	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$131	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1574	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27140	$15871

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Cities near Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2392
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2182
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$1991
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1854
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2306
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$1994
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1749
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1858
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1635
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1670
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1837
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1813
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1637
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1843
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1948
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1593
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1878
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$2033
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1404
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1960
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$2007
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1818
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1763
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1783
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1966
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1685
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1710
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2041
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1889
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1828
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2165
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1397
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1354
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2855

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