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Birmingham vs. Warsaw Cost of Living Summary

Birmingham is 59.0% more expensive than Warsaw.

Restaurants: pay 26.3% more in Birmingham
Groceries: pay 39.8% more in Birmingham
Transportation: pay 86.3% more in Birmingham
Housing: pay 43.2% more in Birmingham
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in Birmingham
Entertainment and Sports: pay 89.8% more in Birmingham
Clothing: pay 0.4% more in Birmingham

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, transportation, housing, groceries, and restaurants in Birmingham are more expensive than in Warsaw. Notably, childcare, entertainment and sports, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Birmingham.

Birmingham vs. Warsaw Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Birmingham instead of Warsaw, you would:

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pay 26.3% more for restaurants

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.90 PLN41.01	$19.37 £15.59	+95.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.66 PLN35.88	$9.04 £7.28	+4.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.79 PLN7.43	$2.11 £1.70	+17.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.79 PLN7.41	$1.57 £1.26	-12.3%
Average			+26.3%

Warsaw vs. Birmingham - Cost of restaurants

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pay 39.8% more for groceries

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Bread 1 loaf	$1.09 PLN4.51	$1.60 £1.29	+47.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.36 PLN18.06	$4.91 £3.95	+12.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.80 PLN15.73	$6.22 £5.00	+63.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.02 PLN12.53	$3.47 £2.79	+14.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.54 PLN10.52	$3.37 £2.72	+32.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.45 PLN1.88	$1.13 £0.91	+149.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 PLN3.09	$0.84 £0.67	+11.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 PLN3.40	$0.87 £0.70	+6.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 PLN5.75	$1.20 £0.96	-13.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.41 PLN1.72	$0.77 £0.62	+86.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47 PLN1.94	$0.59 £0.48	+26.7%
Average			+39.8%

Warsaw vs. Birmingham - Cost of groceries

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pay 86.3% more for transportation

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.20 PLN25.69	$7.07 £5.69	+14.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.22 PLN112.77	$77.49 £62.38	+184.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,732.76 PLN127,318.12	$36,531.14 £29,406.07	+18.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.92 PLN32.80	$18.03 £14.51	+127.7%
Average			+86.3%

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pay 43.2% more for housing

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.20 PLN71.23	$37.78 £30.41	+119.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,070.18 PLN4,433.50	$1,287.50 £1,036.39	+20.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$832.44 PLN3,448.57	$1,020.31 £821.31	+22.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$224.46 PLN929.88	$247.07 £198.88	+10.1%
Average			+43.2%

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$507.82 PLN2,103.78	$1,536.82 £1,237.08	+202.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,579.90 PLN52,115.37	$19,157.81 £15,421.25	+52.3%
Average			+127.4%

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pay 89.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.71 PLN15.38	$6.46 £5.20	+74.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.66 PLN15.17	$4.36 £3.51	+19.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.76 PLN19.73	$18.73 £15.07	+293.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.25 PLN175.03	$35.41 £28.50	-16.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.66 PLN35.88	$15.50 £12.48	+78.9%
Average			+89.8%

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pay 0.4% more for clothing

	Warsaw	Birmingham
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$89.45 PLN370.57	$84.31 £67.86	-5.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.56 PLN172.16	$36.16 £29.11	-13.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$88.32 PLN365.90	$100.56 £80.94	+13.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$102.18 PLN423.29	$108.86 £87.63	+6.5%
Average			+0.4%

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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 2025

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