New York City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	New York City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4202	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9189	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$2718	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$4417	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$842	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5389	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	94
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.86M

The cost of living in New York City is 112% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4th and 2081st ($4202 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 15th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Warsaw

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	New York City	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3692	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2206	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5140	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3874	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18073	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7831	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.07	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.75	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.61	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.5	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.4	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$14	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$132	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$21.7	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$159	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$40.5	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2095	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21713	$15882

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2940
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3729
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3110
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$3145
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2842
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3304
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2840
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2917
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2795
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2791
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2820
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2821
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2707
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2797
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2805
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2545
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2725
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2823
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2540
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2557
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2665
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2700
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2692
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2485
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2697
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2775
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2614
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2779
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2710
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2729
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2669
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2634
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2450
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2863
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2762
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2488
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3192

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445