Poland is 41.7% cheaper than United Kingdom.

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

pay 31.2% less for restaurants

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $17.09
£13.79
$6.88
zł29.98
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.46
£6.03
$5.95
zł25.91
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.84
£1.49
$1.30
zł5.66

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pay 28.2% less for groceries

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Bread
1 loaf
$1.25
£1.01
$0.94
zł4.08
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.60
£2.91
$3.34
zł14.56
Milk (1 gallon) $4.68
£3.78
$2.82
zł12.27

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pay 45.0% less for transportation

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.31
£5.90
$5.68
zł24.76
Monthly public transit pass $91.63
£73.98
$23.91
zł104.18
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,486.21
£20,576.63
$19,787.24
zł86,219.60

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pay 47.6% less for housing

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$37.72
£30.46
$12.94
zł56.38
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,053.04
£850.18
$480.05
zł2,091.73
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $836.18
£675.10
$406.85
zł1,772.77

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pay 76.8% less for childcare

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,186.33
£957.80
$228.50
zł995.67
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $16,551.73
£13,363.25
$4,467.72
zł19,467.33

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pay 48.8% less for entertainment and sports

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.95
£4.00
$2.34
zł10.18
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.59
£2.90
$2.45
zł10.67
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$14.82
£11.96
$4.13
zł18.00

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pay 14.0% less for clothing

 
United Kingdom
Poland
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$73.74
£59.53
$64.65
zł281.70
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$38.00
£30.68
$30.33
zł132.16
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$79.51
£64.20
$66.37
zł289.22

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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: September 2023
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