Munich vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	94	85
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.86M

The cost of living in Munich is 25% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 920th and 2069th ($2463 vs $1978) 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 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 61st and 444th 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	$19.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$15871

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730

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