Sydney vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Sydney	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2844	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6812	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1756	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$3107	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$335	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4188	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	99	94
😀 Quality of life	100	87
🏙️ Population	5.45M	1.86M

The cost of living in Sydney is 44% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 370th and 2081st ($2844 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Australia and Poland, respectively. Check Australia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Sydney compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 2nd and 335th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Warsaw

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	Sydney	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.6	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.3	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2215	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1420	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3992	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2582	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.83%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12962	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7403	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.4	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.08	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.3	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.58	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.34	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2275	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25164	$15882

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445