Paris vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$1906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	94
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.86M

The cost of living in Paris is 41% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1222nd and 3022nd ($2267 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in France and Poland, respectively. Check France vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 25th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Warsaw

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	Paris	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$13608

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385