Recife vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Recife	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1826	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$285	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$541	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.8	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$413	$1906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	54	94
😀 Quality of life	54	83
🏙️ Population	1.49M	1.86M

The cost of living in Recife is 58% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7055th and 3022nd ($671 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 43rd and 2nd in Brazil and Poland, respectively. Check Brazil vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Recife compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Recife ranked 19th best city to live in Brazil vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5998th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Recife vs Warsaw

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	Recife	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.5	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.33	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$549	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.3	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.97%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1247	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$723	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.49	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.16	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.64	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.95	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.89	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.15	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$269	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14050	$13608

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Cities near Recife

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Olinda	$588
12 km or 7.2 mi	Camaragibe	$567
13 km or 7.8 mi	Paulista	$446
16 km or 10 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677
31 km or 19 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
47 km or 29 mi	Carpina	$563
56 km or 35 mi	Goiana	$551
108 km or 67 mi	Joao Pessoa	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Caruaru	$503
143 km or 89 mi	Campina Grande	$538
191 km or 119 mi	Rio Largo	$610
200 km or 124 mi	Garanhuns	$572
202 km or 126 mi	Maceio	$667
243 km or 151 mi	Arcoverde	$547
244 km or 152 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
254 km or 158 mi	Natal	$563
271 km or 168 mi	Arapiraca	$591
288 km or 179 mi	Patos	$569
302 km or 188 mi	Caico	$561
311 km or 193 mi	Penedo	$560
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
397 km or 247 mi	Aracaju	$527
419 km or 260 mi	Mossoro	$550
454 km or 282 mi	Estancia	$565
467 km or 290 mi	Salgueiro	$534
476 km or 296 mi	Ico	$563
487 km or 302 mi	Russas	$597
498 km or 309 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
503 km or 312 mi	Aracati	$603
507 km or 315 mi	Crato	$545
523 km or 325 mi	Iguatu	$561
571 km or 355 mi	Quixada	$604
597 km or 371 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
605 km or 376 mi	Serrinha	$540
628 km or 390 mi	Fortaleza	$745
636 km or 395 mi	Petrolina	$531
636 km or 395 mi	Juazeiro	$428
636 km or 395 mi	Caucaia	$685
639 km or 397 mi	Caninde	$595
641 km or 398 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509

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