United Kingdom is 2.2 times more expensive than Poland.

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Poland, you would:

pay 58.5% more for restaurants

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.88
zł28.85
$17.09
£13.72
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.95
zł24.93
$7.46
£5.99
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
zł5.44
$1.84
£1.48

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pay 52.1% more for groceries

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Bread
1 loaf
$0.94
zł3.93
$1.25
£1.00
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.34
zł14.01
$3.60
£2.89
Milk (1 gallon) $2.82
zł11.81
$4.68
£3.76

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pay 2.2 times more for transportation

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.68
zł23.83
$7.31
£5.87
Monthly public transit pass $23.91
zł100.25
$91.63
£73.60
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $19,787.24
zł82,963.82
$25,486.21
£20,470.04

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$12.94
zł54.25
$37.72
£30.30
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $480.05
zł2,012.75
$1,053.04
£845.78
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $406.85
zł1,705.83
$836.18
£671.61

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pay 4.4 times more for childcare

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $228.50
zł958.07
$1,186.33
£952.84
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,467.72
zł18,732.21
$16,551.73
£13,294.03

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pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.34
zł9.80
$4.95
£3.98
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.45
zł10.27
$3.59
£2.88
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.13
zł17.32
$14.82
£11.90

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pay 16.7% more for clothing

 
Poland
United Kingdom
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$64.65
zł271.06
$73.74
£59.23
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$30.33
zł127.17
$38.00
£30.52
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$66.37
zł278.30
$79.51
£63.86

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