Cost of Living in Warsaw

Rent

We found no official average rent for Warsaw that we could show. The National Bank of Poland tracks Warsaw rents and prices in its quarterly housing report, but the levels sit in charts and data files, not in the text, so we leave them out rather than estimate.

What the Statistical Office in Warsaw does publish is new supply. The city completed 11,353 homes from January to September 2026, 12.4% fewer than a year earlier, after 19,844 in all of 2025. Builders started 10,593 homes, 3.8% more. The average completed home measured 61.1 m², and 57.9 m² for homes built for sale or rent.

Getting around

Warsaw public transport, run by ZTM, uses 2 ticket zones. A 30-day personal ticket costs PLN 110 for zone 1 and PLN 180 for zones 1 and 2. A 90-day ticket for zone 1 costs PLN 280, about PLN 93.33 a month, or 15% less than 3 separate 30-day tickets. With the Karta Warszawiaka, the Bilet Warszawiaka for zones 1 and 2 costs PLN 98 for 30 days and PLN 250 for 90 days. A 75-minute single ticket for zone 1 costs PLN 4.40. Reduced fares are half price.

Household fees

Warsaw charges its municipal waste fee per household, not by water use. It is PLN 85 for a household in an apartment building and PLN 107 in a single-family house, payable by the 28th of each month. Households that do not sort their waste pay twice the rate. In apartment buildings, the building manager declares the fee, not each owner.

GUS does not publish a consumer price index for Warsaw alone, so we do not show a city inflation rate. For pay levels, see average salary in Warsaw.

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