Paris vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Paris	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2231	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5578	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2603	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$599	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$247	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3155	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	93
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.86M

The cost of living in Paris is 52% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1216th and 3564th ($2231 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st 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 33rd and 342nd 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	$18.6	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.14	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.51	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1417	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3026	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2200	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12958	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9199	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.26	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.8	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.08	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.34	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.3	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$838	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16502	$11854

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385