New York City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$1966
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	93
😀 Quality of life	97	83
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.86M

The cost of living in New York City is 128% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5th and 2592nd ($4051 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.4 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 13th and 387th 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	$24.7	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$13474

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390