Thimphu vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Thimphu	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$422	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1047	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$145	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$225	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$176	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$46	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$550	$1906
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	5	94
😀 Quality of life	34	83
🏙️ Population	115K	1.86M

The cost of living in Thimphu is 74% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 8915th and 3022nd ($422 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Bhutan and Poland, respectively. Check Bhutan vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Thimphu compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Thimphu ranked 1st best city to live in Bhutan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7592nd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Thimphu vs Warsaw

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	Thimphu	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.7	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$250	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$161	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.6	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.7	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.76%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.48	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.94	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.73	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.58	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.65	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.23	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.27	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$32	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.9	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$239	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$666	$13608

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Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300

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