🇵🇱 2 cities in Poland, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇱 KrakówMid-size city | $158 | $2,843 | zł35 | zł12 |
| 🇵🇱 WarsawBig city | $178 | $3,333 | zł39 | zł14 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $158 and $178 a day depending on the city — about $168 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $2,843–$3,333 by city, about $3,088 on average.
By daily budget, Kraków ($158/day) is the cheapest and Warsaw ($178/day) the most expensive.