Cost of Living Comparison

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

Hong Kong is 79.6% more expensive than Warsaw.

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

pay 4.7% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.56
zł24.30
$7.74
HK$60.45
+18.1%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.77
zł21.38
$5.16
HK$40.30
-10.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.19
zł4.41
$1.21
HK$9.41
+1.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.91
zł3.36
$1.00
HK$7.79
+10.0%
Average +4.7%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 2.6 times more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.91
zł3.36
$1.98
HK$15.45
+118.1%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.81
zł14.13
$9.22
HK$71.98
+141.8%
Milk (1 gallon) $2.88
zł10.66
$11.39
HK$88.95
+296.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.25
zł8.33
$3.59
HK$28.04
+59.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.15
zł7.95
$4.50
HK$35.11
+109.6%
Apples (1 lb) $0.45
zł1.68
$1.84
HK$14.34
+305.0%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.59
zł2.19
$1.02
HK$8.00
+73.5%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.71
zł2.63
$1.69
HK$13.22
+138.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.82
zł3.04
$1.24
HK$9.72
+52.0%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.35
zł1.29
$1.13
HK$8.81
+224.8%
Onions (1 lb) $0.40
zł1.48
$1.19
HK$9.28
+196.5%
Average +156.0%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 78.7% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.87
zł18.05
$8.56
HK$66.86
+75.8%
Monthly public transit pass $28.85
zł106.92
$64.51
HK$503.71
+123.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,984.55
zł77,760.30
$32,257.44
HK$251,855.13
+53.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $7.34
zł27.22
$11.87
HK$92.68
+61.6%
Average +78.7%
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home

pay 2.2 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $14.67
zł54.37
$24.46
HK$191.01
+66.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $765.57
zł2,836.88
$2,284.63
HK$17,837.64
+198.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $576.04
zł2,134.59
$1,592.23
HK$12,431.57
+176.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $140.07
zł519.04
$172.53
HK$1,347.07
+23.2%
Average +116.2%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 93.1% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $384.24
zł1,423.85
$737.61
HK$5,759.03
+92.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,132.17
zł33,840.13
$17,731.50
HK$138,441.52
+94.2%
Average +93.1%
Warsaw vs. Hong Kong - 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) $2.62
zł9.72
$7.61
HK$59.44
+190.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.83
zł10.48
$4.75
HK$37.07
+67.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.59
zł17.01
$7.87
HK$61.45
+71.5%
Monthly membership at local gym $29.58
zł109.63
$79.14
HK$617.87
+167.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $7.87
zł29.16
$12.90
HK$100.74
+64.0%
Average +112.2%
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store

pay 4.0% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $94.14
zł348.84
$78.76
HK$614.95
-16.3%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $44.49
zł164.87
$37.59
HK$293.47
-15.5%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $82.15
zł304.42
$88.08
HK$687.66
+7.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $111.02
zł411.39
$120.75
HK$942.74
+8.8%
Average -4.0%
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: January 2021
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