San Diego vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Diego	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3428	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7974	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$2311	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$4175	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$743	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5531	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	94
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.86M

The cost of living in San Diego is 113% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 36th and 3022nd ($3428 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 2nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. San Diego ranked 13th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 95th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Diego vs Warsaw

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	San Diego	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.1	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$6.04	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2424	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1978	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4583	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3654	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9086	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.7	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.4	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.1	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.87	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$130	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.9	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1785	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28706	$13608

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759

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