San Diego vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	San Diego	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3346	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7719	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$2248	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$4052	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5772	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.86M

The cost of living in San Diego is 88% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 45th and 2592nd ($3346 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th 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 San Diego compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. San Diego ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 75th and 387th 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	$20.9	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.8	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.25	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$5.51	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2399	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1894	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4351	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3534	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.1	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9294	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7063	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.98	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.72	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.2	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.3	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.94	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.4	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21468	$13474

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390