New Orleans vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	New Orleans	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2226	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5309	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1279	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$2217	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$693	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3883	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	85	94
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	384K	1.86M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 10% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1435th and 1966th ($2226 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1194th 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 1.7 months in New Orleans compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. New Orleans ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 290th and 348th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Orleans vs Warsaw

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	New Orleans	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.5	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.39	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1444	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2576	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1777	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.7	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1749	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.47	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.97	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.34	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.39	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.2	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$141	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.7	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1551	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10147	$16711

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Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2143
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$2038
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1772
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2062
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1720
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1705
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2146
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2045
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2052
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1753
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1852
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2077
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1693
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1797
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1933
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1807
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1698
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1672
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1950
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1812
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1809
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2095
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2240
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1953
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2099
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1766
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2093
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2023
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2102
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2244
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$1881
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1904
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$1971
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1992
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1615
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1917
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1900
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1844
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1605
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1962

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399