Virginia Beach vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Virginia Beach	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2399	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5692	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1509	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$2680	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4354	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	74	94
😀 Quality of life	90	85
🏙️ Population	459K	1.86M

The cost of living in Virginia Beach is 21% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1045th and 2069th ($2399 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 916th and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Virginia Beach compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Virginia Beach ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 216th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Virginia Beach vs Warsaw

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	Virginia Beach	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.3	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1571	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2887	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2348	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2520	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2299	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.5	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.4	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.88	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.04	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.43	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$125	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.4	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1618	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16163	$15871

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Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2593
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2287
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2414
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2679
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2224
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2384
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2115
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2408
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2395
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2438
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1935
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2076
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2347
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2071
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2509
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1893
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2171
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2176
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2506
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1983
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2919
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2355
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2940
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2495
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3328
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3054
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2693
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2791
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2563
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2553
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3275
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2710

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