Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Poland
  3. New Zealand
  4. Comparison
PLN
COMPARED TO
NZD

New Zealand is 2.1 times more expensive than Poland.

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Poland, you would:
local_dining

pay 96.1% more for restaurants

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.33
zł19.75
$11.92
NZ$16.27
+123.6%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.05
zł18.73
$7.53
NZ$10.28
+48.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.04
zł3.86
$2.13
NZ$2.91
+104.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.88
zł3.25
$1.82
NZ$2.48
+107.2%
Average +96.1%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 2.1 times more for groceries

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Bread
1 loaf
 $0.82
zł3.04
$1.45
NZ$1.98
+76.5%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.03
zł11.23
$3.53
NZ$4.82
+16.4%
Milk (1 gallon) $2.44
zł9.04
$6.40
NZ$8.74
+162.5%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.00
zł7.40
$3.30
NZ$4.51
+65.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.91
zł7.07
$3.64
NZ$4.96
+90.6%
Apples (1 lb) $0.38
zł1.43
$1.05
NZ$1.43
+172.6%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.51
zł1.90
$0.88
NZ$1.20
+71.3%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.58
zł2.14
$1.07
NZ$1.46
+84.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.74
zł2.75
$1.67
NZ$2.28
+125.2%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.29
zł1.09
$0.91
NZ$1.25
+211.0%
Onions (1 lb) $0.33
zł1.23
$0.75
NZ$1.02
+124.7%
Average +109.2%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 2.3 times more for transportation

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.94
zł18.30
$5.37
NZ$7.33
+8.8%
Monthly public transit pass $24.23
zł89.78
$93.67
NZ$127.87
+286.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,252.35
zł75,047.04
$23,847.45
NZ$32,554.25
+17.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $6.41
zł23.76
$19.03
NZ$25.98
+196.8%
Average +127.5%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 2.3 times more for housing

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $13.83
zł51.25
$56.95
NZ$77.74
+311.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $425.90
zł1,578.21
$931.70
NZ$1,271.86
+118.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $335.38
zł1,242.79
$723.30
NZ$987.39
+115.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $131.12
zł485.86
$89.68
NZ$122.42
-31.6%
Average +128.7%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.5 times more for childcare

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $197.96
zł733.57
$690.11
NZ$942.08
+248.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,708.80
zł21,154.52
$8,835.64
NZ$12,061.57
+54.8%
Average +151.7%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.80
zł6.65
$5.45
NZ$7.45
+203.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.09
zł7.75
$3.04
NZ$4.15
+45.3%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.28
zł15.84
$19.92
NZ$27.20
+366.0%
Monthly membership at local gym $25.02
zł92.70
$39.15
NZ$53.45
+56.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $6.23
zł23.07
$9.91
NZ$13.53
+59.2%
Average +146.1%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 12.5% more for clothing

  Poland help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $72.59
zł268.97
$65.99
NZ$90.08
-9.1%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $36.76
zł136.22
$37.62
NZ$51.35
+2.3%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $70.55
zł261.45
$95.36
NZ$130.18
+35.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $86.71
zł321.33
$105.42
NZ$143.90
+21.6%
Average +12.5%
Poland vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2021
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