Rotterdam vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rotterdam	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2615	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6248	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1599	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2836	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$653	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	94
😀 Quality of life	94	85
🏙️ Population	664K	1.86M

The cost of living in Rotterdam is 32% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 689th and 2069th ($2615 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in the Netherlands and Poland, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Rotterdam compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Rotterdam ranked 5th best city to live in the Netherlands vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 67th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rotterdam vs Warsaw

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	Rotterdam	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.86	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.74	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1310	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2846	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6107	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4426	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.32	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.1	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.3	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.96	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.04	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.83	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2107	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13809	$15871

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Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671

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