Sarajevo vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sarajevo	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$816	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1934	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$380	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$924	$1966
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	59	83
🏙️ Population	276K	1.86M

The cost of living in Sarajevo is 54% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6379th and 2592nd ($816 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland, respectively. Check Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Sarajevo compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Sarajevo ranked 1st best city to live in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5391st and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sarajevo vs Warsaw

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	Sarajevo	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.9	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.89	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.81	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$596	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2964	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.22	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.92	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.57	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.32	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.08	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3144	$13474

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Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$593
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$705
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$695
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$641
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$658
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1076
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1251
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$802
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1161
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$697
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1146
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1302
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1046
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$895
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1240
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$566
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1035
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1282
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1191
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$663
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$692
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1053
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$890
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1040
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1204
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$737
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1100
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1059
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$852
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1045
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$618
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$851
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1265
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$999
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$661
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$761
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$797

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