The Hague vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	The Hague	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1886	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4559	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1946	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$157	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3734	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	94	83
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in The Hague is 29% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2098th and 3564th ($1886 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in the Netherlands and Poland, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in The Hague compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. The Hague ranked 2nd best city to live in the Netherlands vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 42nd and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in The Hague vs Warsaw

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	The Hague	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1228	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1596	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.9	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4834	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.31	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.1	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.19	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1874	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8049	$11854

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Cities near The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$1804
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2205
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2013
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2465
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$2545
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2055
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$1894
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$1939
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2001
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$1822
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$1647
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$1981
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$1833
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$1919
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$1965
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1818
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1501
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$1756
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$1796
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1376
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1650
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1631
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$1909
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1539

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385