Munich vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Munich	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2188	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5197	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$507	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3867	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	1.49M	1.86M

The cost of living in Munich is 49% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1315th and 3564th ($2188 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Munich ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 48th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Warsaw

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	Munich	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.78	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2472	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1982	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11808	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8614	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.8	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$922	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$11854

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385