Cost of Living Guide

City comparison

Cost of living in Warsaw vs Tbilisi

One person needs about €1,422 a month in Warsaw and €884 in Tbilisi, rent included — Tbilisi is 38% cheaper overall.

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Warsaw
Poland · 1.8M pop
vs
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Tbilisi
Georgia · 1.2M pop
Monthly rent (1BR)
€900€520
42% cheaper
Groceries / mo
€270€190
30% cheaper
Eating out (meal)
€10€8
20% cheaper
Internet (100mbps)
€17€20
18% pricier
Avg salary (tech)
€3,100€1,500
52% lower
Coworking / mo
€150€90
40% cheaper
WarsawTbilisi
Rent€900€520
Groceries€270€190
Transport€25€15
Utilities€130€75

Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle

Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.

To live in Tbilisi the way you live in Warsaw on €3,000, you need

€1,865/ month net

38% less than today (-€1,135)

Warsaw today
Basket €1,422 · left over €1,578 (53%)
Tbilisi at the matched salary
Basket €884 · left over €981 (53%)

Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 170% over in Tbilisi (comfortable) vs 218% in Warsaw. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this

🇵🇱 Warsaw

The best pay-to-cost ratio in the EU for engineers right now.

Monthly budget: €1,422

Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports

🇬🇪 Tbilisi

One-year visa-free stays and the lowest cost base of any city we track in the region.

Monthly budget: €884

Sources: Geostat, CPI & average wages survey (2025) · 143 community reports

Should you move to Warsaw or Tbilisi?

On salary, Warsaw pays more for tech roles (€3,100 versus €1,500 a month), so the money left over after costs is €1,678 in Warsaw at the top end.

Rent drives most of the gap: €900 in Warsaw against €520 in Tbilisi. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.

For remote workers, the nomad index scores Warsaw at 80 and Tbilisi at 72 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.

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