Vancouver vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Vancouver	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2650	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5860	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1697	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$2823	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3361	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	93
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	662K	1.86M

The cost of living in Vancouver is 49% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 512th and 2592nd ($2650 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.1 months in Warsaw. Vancouver ranked 5th best city to live in Canada vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 100th and 387th 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	$17.1	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.59	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1905	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1486	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3353	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2487	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.6	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.1	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10997	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7402	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.36	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.4	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1165	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16245	$13474

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Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2220
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2589
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2330
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2417
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1983
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2278
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2185
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2469
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2609
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1913
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2576
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2569
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2821
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$3091
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2263
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2866
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2784
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2901
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2491
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3229
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$2908
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3179
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2743

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390