Nicosia vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nicosia	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1453	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3383	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$775	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1312	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.3	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1674	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	81	85
🏙️ Population	56.8K	1.86M

The cost of living in Nicosia is 27% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4118th and 2069th ($1453 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Cyprus and Poland, respectively. Check Cyprus vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Nicosia compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Nicosia ranked 3rd best city to live in Cyprus vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 705th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nicosia vs Warsaw

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	Nicosia	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.76	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.66	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$672	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1220	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1006	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$230	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.79	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.82	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.44	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.02	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.2	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$508	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8498	$15871

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Cities near Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1420
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1275
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1587
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1376
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1403
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2175
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1945
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1728
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$634
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$734
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$820
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$441
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$420
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$724
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$787
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1261
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1028
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$647
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$822
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$690
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$791
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$647
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$930
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$659
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$591
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1775
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1633
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$599
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1840
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$543
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$438
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$1035
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1630
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769

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