Portland vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Portland	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2579	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6206	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1561	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2793	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$659	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4648	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	89	93
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	653K	1.86M

The cost of living in Portland is 76% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 564th and 3564th ($2579 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 507th 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 1.8 months in Portland compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Portland ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 175th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Portland vs Warsaw

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	Portland	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.6	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1290	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3075	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2348	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$230	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.6	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4914	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3836	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.7	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.86	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.06	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.9	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.98	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.4	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$167	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.3	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1698	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19330	$11854

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Cities near Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2409
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2383
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2341
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2324
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2168
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2366
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2335
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2477
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2372
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2203
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2315
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2246
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2455
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2300
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2262
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2259
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$1988
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2245
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2118
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2239
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2470
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$2052
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2281
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2546
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2500
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2402
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2704
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2461
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1940
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2733
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2652
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2830
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2928
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2587
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2597
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1881
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2827
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2549
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2463

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