Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Poland
  3. Warsaw
  4. Hong Kong
  5. Comparison
PLN
COMPARED TO
HKD

Hong Kong is 2.0 times more expensive than Warsaw.

If you lived in Hong Kong instead of Warsaw, you would:
local_dining

pay 16.5% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.90
zł21.85
$7.09
HK$55.39
+20.3%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.07
zł18.79
$4.90
HK$38.27
-3.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.00
zł3.72
$1.23
HK$9.57
+22.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.83
zł3.06
$1.05
HK$8.18
+26.7%
Average +16.5%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 3.1 times more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.80
zł2.95
$2.17
HK$16.93
+172.1%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.39
zł12.55
$11.49
HK$89.70
+239.3%
Milk (1 gallon) $2.47
zł9.17
$11.20
HK$87.45
+352.6%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.94
zł7.18
$3.12
HK$24.39
+61.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.97
zł7.32
$4.85
HK$37.88
+145.7%
Apples (1 lb) $0.36
zł1.32
$1.75
HK$13.65
+392.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.52
zł1.91
$1.04
HK$8.14
+102.3%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.61
zł2.26
$1.66
HK$12.93
+171.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.72
zł2.66
$1.52
HK$11.88
+111.9%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.32
zł1.17
$1.19
HK$9.29
+276.0%
Onions (1 lb) $0.36
zł1.33
$1.26
HK$9.87
+251.9%
Average +207.0%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 98.4% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.49
zł16.63
$8.49
HK$66.30
+89.2%
Monthly public transit pass $25.94
zł96.13
$64.49
HK$503.52
+148.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $18,866.75
zł69,912.57
$32,243.67
HK$251,747.60
+70.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $6.41
zł23.77
$11.87
HK$92.65
+85.0%
Average +98.4%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 2.4 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $13.25
zł49.08
$24.99
HK$195.08
+88.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $675.52
zł2,503.21
$2,321.46
HK$18,125.13
+243.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $508.89
zł1,885.73
$1,603.79
HK$12,521.85
+215.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $119.44
zł442.61
$151.99
HK$1,186.66
+27.2%
Average +143.7%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.2 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $338.76
zł1,255.31
$735.93
HK$5,745.92
+117.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,537.20
zł31,635.44
$18,711.93
HK$146,096.40
+119.2%
Average +118.2%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.36
zł8.74
$6.45
HK$50.35
+173.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.50
zł9.28
$4.74
HK$37.00
+89.3%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.01
zł14.86
$7.74
HK$60.42
+93.0%
Monthly membership at local gym $26.27
zł97.33
$80.66
HK$629.78
+207.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $7.08
zł26.22
$12.90
HK$100.70
+82.3%
Average +129.0%
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store

pay 13.8% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $78.96
zł292.60
$80.47
HK$628.30
+1.9%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $40.95
zł151.73
$36.16
HK$282.32
-11.7%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $73.48
zł272.30
$91.32
HK$713.00
+24.3%
Men's business shoes (leather) $94.33
zł349.53
$132.50
HK$1,034.50
+40.5%
Average +13.8%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - 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: September 2020
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