Warsaw vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Warsaw	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4463	$4316
🏠 One person rent	$1217	$997
🏘️ Family rent	$2001	$1698
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$84.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2042	$3587
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	94	46
😀 Quality of life	85	83
🏙️ Population	1.86M	398K

The cost of living in Warsaw is 9% more expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 2069th and 2697th ($1978 vs $1811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1945th 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 months in Warsaw compared to 2 months in Wichita. Warsaw ranked 1st best city to live in Poland vs Wichita ranked 176th in the United States, while ranked 444th and 560th 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	$10.8	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52	$59.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.5	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1225	$886
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$917	$729
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2165	$1639
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1517	$1304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$333	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.7	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.29%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6642	$1542
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4244	$1487
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34	$54.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.37	$3.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$4.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$9.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$5.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$5.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.3	$9.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.29	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.77	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.4	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.1	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$98.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$588	$919
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15871	$16150

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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

Cities near Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1855
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1729
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1242
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1659
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1535
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1368
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1821
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1875
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1852
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1755
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1761
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1810
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1574
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1893
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1838
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1898
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1456
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1620
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1896
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1886
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1912
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1909
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1753
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2160
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1831
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1872
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1879
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1896
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1883
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2261
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1848
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$1959
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1854
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2311
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2271
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2390
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2266
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$1985
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1841
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2293