Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Ukraine
  3. Poland
  4. Comparison
UAH
COMPARED TO
PLN

Poland is 70.8% more expensive than Ukraine.

If you lived in Poland instead of Ukraine, you would:
local_dining

pay 90.5% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.91
₴127.55
$5.89
zł21.84
+20.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $3.72
₴96.65
$5.30
zł19.63
+42.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.50
₴13.02
$1.15
zł4.25
+129.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.35
₴9.09
$0.95
zł3.51
+170.6%
Average +90.5%
Ukraine vs. Poland - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 34.8% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.51
₴13.26
$0.92
zł3.40
+79.9%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.34
₴86.71
$3.24
zł12.02
-2.9%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.39
₴88.14
$2.58
zł9.57
-23.9%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.14
₴29.70
$2.18
zł8.09
+90.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.63
₴42.36
$1.99
zł7.39
+22.3%
Apples (1 lb) $0.36
₴9.25
$0.43
zł1.60
+21.2%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.47
₴12.28
$0.54
zł2.00
+14.3%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.57
₴14.77
$0.63
zł2.35
+11.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.61
₴15.77
$0.81
zł3.02
+34.0%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.20
₴5.10
$0.30
zł1.12
+53.2%
Onions (1 lb) $0.19
₴4.88
$0.34
zł1.27
+82.3%
Average +34.8%
Ukraine vs. Poland - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 83.1% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.81
₴99.03
$5.11
zł18.93
+34.0%
Monthly public transit pass $8.40
₴218.06
$26.29
zł97.41
+213.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,938.66
₴543,776.95
$21,107.45
zł78,215.70
+0.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $3.65
₴94.88
$6.74
zł24.97
+84.5%
Average +83.1%
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home

pay 2.3 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $4.88
₴126.86
$14.49
zł53.69
+196.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $220.20
₴5,718.58
$470.73
zł1,744.33
+113.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $151.60
₴3,937.00
$360.92
zł1,337.44
+138.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $73.54
₴1,909.75
$137.26
zł508.63
+86.7%
Average +133.8%
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child_care

pay 23.1% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $173.04
₴4,493.73
$210.09
zł778.50
+21.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,685.72
₴121,688.03
$5,850.40
zł21,679.23
+24.9%
Average +23.1%
Ukraine vs. Poland - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.89
₴23.08
$1.98
zł7.35
+123.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $0.95
₴24.70
$2.28
zł8.46
+140.0%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.82
₴47.21
$4.52
zł16.76
+148.9%
Monthly membership at local gym $17.02
₴442.08
$26.40
zł97.81
+55.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $3.24
₴84.18
$6.58
zł24.39
+103.1%
Average +114.1%
Ukraine vs. Poland - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 16.0% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $52.25
₴1,356.97
$78.13
zł289.52
+49.5%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $38.02
₴987.39
$39.54
zł146.53
+4.0%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $81.09
₴2,105.89
$77.63
zł287.65
-4.3%
Men's business shoes (leather) $88.09
₴2,287.68
$101.13
zł374.76
+14.8%
Average +16.0%
Ukraine vs. Poland - 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: July 2021
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