Virginia Beach vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Virginia Beach	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2452	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5516	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1566	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$2522	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4239	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	74	94
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	459K	1.86M

The cost of living in Virginia Beach is 24% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 978th and 2081st ($2452 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 841st 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 1.7 months in Virginia Beach compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Virginia Beach ranked 82nd best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 286th and 335th 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	$17.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.4	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1653	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1301	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2127	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.98%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2280	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2279	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.7	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.15	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.89	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.08	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.73	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.3	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1579	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16143	$15882

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Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2191
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2342
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2191
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2657
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2295
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2311
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2058
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2375
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2392
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2055
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1953
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2045
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1803
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2363
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2016
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2508
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1849
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2116
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2073
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2608
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2696
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$2003
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2913
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2367
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2862
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1766
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2572
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2596
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3350
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2169
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3031
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2379
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2803
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2774
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$3016
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2644
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3338
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2223
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2769

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445