Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. United States
  3. Poland
  4. Comparison
USD
COMPARED TO
PLN

Poland is 38.5% cheaper than United States.

If you lived in Poland instead of United States, you would:
local_dining

pay 45.9% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $14.02 $5.33
zł19.75
-62.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.68 $5.05
zł18.73
-34.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.89 $1.04
zł3.86
-45.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.53 $0.88
zł3.25
-42.5%
Average -45.9%
United States vs. Poland - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 55.1% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $2.69 $0.82
zł3.04
-69.5%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.53 $3.03
zł11.23
-45.2%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.20 $2.44
zł9.04
-23.9%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.34 $2.00
zł7.40
-14.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.12 $1.91
zł7.07
-53.7%
Apples (1 lb) $2.11 $0.38
zł1.43
-81.7%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.77 $0.51
zł1.90
-33.1%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.93 $0.58
zł2.14
-70.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.97 $0.74
zł2.75
-62.4%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.30 $0.29
zł1.09
-77.3%
Onions (1 lb) $1.29 $0.33
zł1.23
-74.1%
Average -55.1%
United States vs. Poland - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 12.2% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $2.62 $4.94
zł18.30
+88.7%
Monthly public transit pass $63.87 $24.23
zł89.78
-62.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $23,180.29 $20,252.35
zł75,047.04
-12.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $17.33 $6.41
zł23.76
-63.0%
Average -12.2%
United States vs. Poland - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 52.4% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $67.35 $13.83
zł51.25
-79.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,222.86 $425.90
zł1,578.21
-65.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,029.07 $335.38
zł1,242.79
-67.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $127.79 $131.12
zł485.86
+2.6%
Average -52.4%
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child_care

pay 70.0% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $886.13 $197.96
zł733.57
-77.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,193.33 $5,708.80
zł21,154.52
-62.4%
Average -70.0%
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pay 47.4% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.50 $1.80
zł6.65
-60.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.17 $2.09
zł7.75
-49.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $7.76 $4.28
zł15.84
-44.9%
Monthly membership at local gym $39.15 $25.02
zł92.70
-36.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $11.52 $6.23
zł23.07
-46.0%
Average -47.4%
United States vs. Poland - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 13.6% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $43.40 $72.59
zł268.97
+67.2%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $36.02 $36.76
zł136.22
+2.0%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $75.12 $70.55
zł261.45
-6.1%
Men's business shoes (leather) $95.18 $86.71
zł321.33
-8.9%
Average +13.6%
United States 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: March 2021
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