Munich vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Munich	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2201	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1313	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2479	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$211	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3560	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	93	83
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.86M

The cost of living in Munich is 37% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1352nd and 3022nd ($2201 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 54th and 410th 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	$16.2	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.69	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1323	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1006	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2618	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2005	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$313	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12224	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8488	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.1	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.5	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.83	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.1	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$953	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14702	$13608

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385