PLAN YOUR MOVE
What could life in Poland cost?
Build a monthly household budget around your city, home and children's education. Change any assumption to match a real quote.
Sources checked 26 October 2026 · All amounts in PLNYour monthly breakdown
What these estimates can and can't tell you
- Rent uses September 2026 Otodom city averages across mixed apartment sizes, excluding media and building charges. The 50 m² anchor, size exponent 0.7 and area factors 0.85 / 1 / 1.2 are transparent editorial scenarios, not observed size-specific prices. Tricity is used for Gdańsk.
- Public primary/secondary tuition is free for foreign children under the official conditions. Nursery/preschool places, meals and extras are different. No childcare subsidy or guaranteed school place is assumed.
- International fees are one Warsaw school's example, not a promise about all international schools. Outside Warsaw, enter a quote. Annual fees are spread over 12 months for budgeting, not a payment plan.
- Groceries, leisure, school extras, car upkeep, move-in cash and scaling rules are editable planning assumptions. Healthcare starts at 0 as an unfilled personal cost, not a free-care claim. Pets, debt, holidays, disability needs and car purchase require additions.
- This is not live pricing. Review assumptions before signing a lease or enrolling. Rounded display values may differ slightly from the unrounded total.
Sources, dates & method
Checked 26 October 2026. National crowdsourced data can differ greatly from your city or household.
- Otodom September 2026 rental-market report: Warsaw 4,821; Kraków 3,110; Wrocław 3,037; Tricity 3,183; Poznań 2,627; Łódź 2,255; Katowice 2,315 zł. Asking averages, not signed leases.
- Numbeo Poland, updated 26 October 2026: utilities 1,159.04 zł / 85 m² (range 772.73–1,700); broadband 67.13; mobile 36.44; adult pass 119; petrol 6.41 / litre; private preschool 1,638.42 (range 1,000–2,750). Contributor survey, not official tariffs.
- Warsaw public transport: 30-day personal zone-1 adult ticket 110 zł; eligibility/discounts separate.
- Office for Foreigners: school education: public primary/secondary tuition conditions.
- Thames British School Warsaw 2026/27 fees: annual stage examples 56,000–99,950 zł; registration, deposit, meals and extras separate. Ages are indicative, school assigns year group.
Want help checking your actual situation? Ask Local Help. This planner does not send us your numbers.
