Seattle vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Seattle	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3015	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7449	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1896	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$3549	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$746	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6742	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	80	94
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	737K	1.86M

The cost of living in Seattle is 88% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 158th and 3022nd ($3015 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Seattle ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 98th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Seattle vs Warsaw

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	Seattle	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.4	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.98	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.97	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2086	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1567	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3947	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3067	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6966	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5351	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.03	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.98	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.6	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$183	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.9	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2185	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29407	$13608

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Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093

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