Sacramento vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Sacramento	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2682	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6170	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1646	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2782	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$710	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4542	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	54	94
😀 Quality of life	87	87
🏙️ Population	525K	1.86M

The cost of living in Sacramento is 36% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 605th and 2081st ($2682 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 533rd and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Sacramento compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Sacramento ranked 109th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 347th and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sacramento vs Warsaw

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	Sacramento	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1781	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2335	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4948	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3517	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.55	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.19	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.7	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.63	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.21	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1488	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20438	$15882

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Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2600
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2631
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2671
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2722
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2793
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2978
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2918
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2768
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2732
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2660
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2911
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2667
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2815
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3204
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2710
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3091
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3318
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2771
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2161
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2980
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2374
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3179
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2962
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3017
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3431
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2804
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2748
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2905
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2393
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2796
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2677
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2668
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2900
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3050
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2088
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2893
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2906
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3873
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2848

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