Tijuana vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Tijuana	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1210	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2855	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$568	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1004	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	22	94
😀 Quality of life	63	85
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.86M

The cost of living in Tijuana is 39% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4681st and 2069th ($1210 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Mexico and Poland, respectively. Check Mexico vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Tijuana compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Tijuana ranked 5th best city to live in Mexico vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5591st and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tijuana vs Warsaw

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	Tijuana	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.7	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.5	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.4	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1199	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.5	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3040	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2330	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.02	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.25	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.21	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.6	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.94	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.7	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4593	$15871

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Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3013
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3195
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3469
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2943
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2988
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2887
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2996
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2922
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3066
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3215
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2931
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2930
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3274
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$903
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2681
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2967
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3049
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2715
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2776
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2994
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2626
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2742
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2751
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2642

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349