Portland vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Portland	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2684	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6281	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1609	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2681	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5052	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	94
😀 Quality of life	92	85
🏙️ Population	653K	1.86M

The cost of living in Portland is 36% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 587th and 2069th ($2684 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 516th 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 1.9 months in Portland compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Portland ranked 39th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 139th and 444th 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	$17.7	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.7	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.59	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1736	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1326	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2950	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.4	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3323	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.83	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.87	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.87	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.6	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.9	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.06	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$187	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$33.1	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.9	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1740	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19200	$15871

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Cities near Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2333
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2363
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2410
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2365
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2406
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2370
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2378
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2404
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2380
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2398
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2346
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2388
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2290
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2268
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2360
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2414
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$2101
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2237
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2047
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2265
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2749
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$1985
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2181
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2632
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2551
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2384
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2556
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2473
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1733
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2782
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2702
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2461
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2718
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2523
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2295
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1825
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2796
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2641
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2745

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