Recife vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Recife	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2043	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$358	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$616	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$418	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	54	94
😀 Quality of life	66	87
🏙️ Population	1.49M	1.86M

The cost of living in Recife is 59% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6758th and 2081st ($802 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 1st in Brazil and Poland, respectively. Check Brazil vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Recife compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Recife ranked 12th best city to live in Brazil vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5007th and 335th 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	$5.07	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.35	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$811	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.4	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.78%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1912	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1040	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.82	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.4	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.1	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.77	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.18	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$276	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11966	$15882

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Cities near Recife

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Olinda	$615
12 km or 7.2 mi	Camaragibe	$605
13 km or 7.8 mi	Paulista	$460
16 km or 10 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751
31 km or 19 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
47 km or 29 mi	Carpina	$636
56 km or 35 mi	Goiana	$623
108 km or 67 mi	Joao Pessoa	$820
123 km or 77 mi	Caruaru	$598
143 km or 89 mi	Campina Grande	$597
191 km or 119 mi	Rio Largo	$696
200 km or 124 mi	Garanhuns	$705
202 km or 126 mi	Maceio	$752
243 km or 151 mi	Arcoverde	$641
244 km or 152 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
254 km or 158 mi	Natal	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Arapiraca	$673
288 km or 179 mi	Patos	$640
302 km or 188 mi	Caico	$697
311 km or 193 mi	Penedo	$649
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
397 km or 247 mi	Aracaju	$599
419 km or 260 mi	Mossoro	$610
454 km or 282 mi	Estancia	$661
467 km or 290 mi	Salgueiro	$617
476 km or 296 mi	Ico	$650
487 km or 302 mi	Russas	$707
498 km or 309 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
503 km or 312 mi	Aracati	$718
507 km or 315 mi	Crato	$614
523 km or 325 mi	Iguatu	$648
571 km or 355 mi	Quixada	$709
597 km or 371 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
605 km or 376 mi	Serrinha	$654
628 km or 390 mi	Fortaleza	$824
636 km or 395 mi	Petrolina	$617
636 km or 395 mi	Juazeiro	$491
636 km or 395 mi	Caucaia	$768
639 km or 397 mi	Caninde	$693
641 km or 398 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445