Vancouver vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Vancouver	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2457	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5641	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1547	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2678	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3278	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	94
😀 Quality of life	93	85
🏙️ Population	662K	1.86M

The cost of living in Vancouver is 24% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 931st and 2069th ($2457 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Canada and Poland, respectively. Check Canada vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Vancouver compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Vancouver ranked 10th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 87th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Vancouver vs Warsaw

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	Vancouver	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.8	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.74	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1697	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3105	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2409	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.4	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.17%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9732	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7029	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.94	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.01	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.4	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19787	$15871

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Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2172
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2412
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2325
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2297
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1952
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2443
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2079
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2414
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2644
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1812
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2603
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2649
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2669
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2723
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2203
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2730
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2674
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2907
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3269
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3162
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3313
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2812

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