Reykjavik vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Reykjavik	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2938	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5875	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2674	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$827	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.1	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3761	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	140K	1.86M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 83% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 200th and 3022nd ($2938 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Iceland and Poland, respectively. Check Iceland vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 194th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Warsaw

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	Reykjavik	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$137	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.9	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2869	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.41%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6649	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5599	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.52	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.6	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$128	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$162	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2532	$13608

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006

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