Milwaukee vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Milwaukee	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4963	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1193	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1867	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3947	$1966
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	81	93
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	577K	1.86M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 16% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1688th and 2592nd ($2065 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1442nd 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 1.9 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Milwaukee ranked 43rd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 188th and 387th 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	$16.7	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$967	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2324	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1695	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1439	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.7	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24309	$13474

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390