Minneapolis vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	84	94
😀 Quality of life	90	85
🏙️ Population	430K	1.86M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 20% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1095th and 2069th ($2380 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd 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 Minneapolis compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 215th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minneapolis vs Warsaw

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	Minneapolis	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$15871

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678

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