Surrey vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surrey	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2280	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5399	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$1407	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$2721	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2766	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	80	94
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	568K	1.86M

The cost of living in Surrey is 42% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1194th and 3022nd ($2280 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Surrey compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Surrey ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 122nd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surrey vs Warsaw

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	Surrey	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.8	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.58	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1405	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2952	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9496	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8417	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.41	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.48	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.94	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$862	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12026	$13608

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Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606

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