Warsaw vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Warsaw	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1979	$1811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4492	$4315
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$978
🏘️ Family rent	$2071	$1646
🍽️ Food expenses	$449	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$86.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2218	$3547
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	87	81
🏙️ Population	1.86M	398K

The cost of living in Warsaw is 9% more expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 2081st and 2761st ($1979 vs $1811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1934th in Poland and the United States, respectively. Check Poland vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Warsaw compared to 2 months in Wichita. Warsaw ranked 1st best city to live in Poland vs Wichita ranked 204th in the United States, while ranked 335th and 610th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Warsaw vs Wichita

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	Warsaw	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.1	$60
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.19	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$2.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1266	$886
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$705
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2296	$1592
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1584	$1253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$167
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$325	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$1533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4047	$1491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.1	$55.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$3.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$5.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.27	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.11	$8.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$6.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$5.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.67	$9.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.9	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$4.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.4	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.2	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.7	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$43.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$921
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15882	$15897

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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

Cities near Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1859
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1296
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1449
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1597
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1357
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1809
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1908
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1833
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1830
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1790
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1836
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1574
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1902
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1853
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1901
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1505
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1702
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1904
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1902
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1832
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1917
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1646
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2173
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1871
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1931
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1942
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1952
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1924
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2327
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1824
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$2008
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1885
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2372
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2307
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2499
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2349
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$2085
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1846
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2357