Milwaukee vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milwaukee	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1179	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1923	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$577	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3707	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	94
😀 Quality of life	91	85
🏙️ Population	577K	1.86M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 3% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1864th and 2069th ($2046 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1525th 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 Milwaukee compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 195th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Warsaw

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	Milwaukee	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.2	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1315	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$935	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2336	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.5	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1953	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.09	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.55	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23971	$15871

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1915
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1973
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1915
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1915
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1904
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$1973
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1943
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1948
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1966
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1964
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1973
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2032
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1941
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2030
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2089
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1957
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2381
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1826
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2355
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2368
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2375
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2340
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1763
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2368
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2394
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2434
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2119
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1849
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2220
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2373
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2528
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2392
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2412
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2508
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2426
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2399

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