Reykjavik vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Reykjavik	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3268	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6787	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$3029	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$894	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4361	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	52	94
😀 Quality of life	91	85
🏙️ Population	140K	1.86M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 65% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 88th and 2069th ($3268 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 months in Warsaw. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 191st and 444th 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	$27.9	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$20.5	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$6.12	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2075	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1851	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3279	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2774	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.4	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8015	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6578	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.36	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.55	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.58	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$41.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.5	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.86	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.2	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$46	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$144	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$352	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30378	$15871

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242

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