Bielsko-biala
- Population
- 177,000
- Coordinates
- 49.82° N, 19.05° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,402 a month in Bielsko-biala, rent included: 76% less than in New York. The average net salary is $1,428 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%62
- Safetycountry20%61
- Health carecountry15%54
- Climate10%74
- Air quality10%76
- Connectivitycountry10%52
- Cost10%57
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Worldwide, among high-confidence cities
- #478
- Livability rank in Poland
- #30
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,436
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Bielsko-biala | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $9.99 | $25.00 | −60% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $47.86 | $140 | −66% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $9.20 | $14.00 | −34% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.94 | $8.00 | −51% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $3.94 | $10.00 | −61% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.72 | $6.37 | −42% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.24 | $3.80 | −41% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.38 | $2.89 | −52% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.03 | $1.36 | −24% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.12 | $4.68 | −76% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.40 | $6.97 | −80% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.92 | $5.73 | −49% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.55 | $17.38 | −51% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $5.92 | $15.11 | −61% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $9.99 | $17.77 | −44% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.20 | $6.11 | −80% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.69 | $2.20 | −23% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.24 | $5.77 | −61% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.97 | $6.25 | −68% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.84 | $3.47 | −76% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.79 | $4.17 | −81% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.05 | $2.72 | −61% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.63 | $2.50 | −75% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $6.57 | $20.00 | −67% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.16 | $3.21 | −64% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.69 | $3.96 | −57% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $5.13 | $19.00 | −73% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.31 | $3.00 | −56% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $36.82 | $140 | −74% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $1.60 | $3.00 | −47% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.58 | $2.18 | −73% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $9.47 | $42.00 | −77% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.57 | $1.10 | +43% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $31,450 | $35,458 | −11% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $26,861 | $25,309 | +6% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $8.83 | $73.50 | −88% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $17.75 | $71.93 | −75% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $42.50 | $126 | −66% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $46.02 | $62.38 | −26% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $7.23 | $23.00 | −69% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $296 | $3,366 | −91% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $2,564 | $60,589 | −96% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $75.76 | $72.80 | +4% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $41.54 | $53.22 | −22% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $91.81 | $118 | −22% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $99.61 | $125 | −20% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $620 | $4,417 | −86% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $515 | $3,033 | −83% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,025 | $9,242 | −89% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $881 | $5,461 | −84% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $2,474 | $18,759 | −87% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,037 | $6,523 | −69% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $1,428 | $5,178 | −72% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.87% | 6.49% | +0.4 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $620 | $1,428 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 76.1 | $670 | $1,418 |
| Apr 2026 | 75.7 | $674 | $1,310 |
| Jan 2026 | 76.3 | $686 | $1,294 |
| Dec 2025 | 74.6 | $637 | $1,269 |
| Nov 2025 | 73.8 | $647 | $1,256 |
| Sep 2025 | 70.9 | $710 | $1,185 |
| Aug 2025 | 75.5 | $765 | $1,186 |
| May 2025 | 73.2 | $717 | $1,076 |
| Apr 2025 | 74.1 | $726 | $1,023 |
| Mar 2025 | 70.8 | $692 | $992 |
| Feb 2025 | 68.0 | $653 | $952 |
| Jan 2025 | 66.5 | $647 | $944 |
| Dec 2024 | 64.4 | $644 | $940 |
| Nov 2024 | 64.7 | $648 | $944 |
| Oct 2024 | 65.5 | $656 | $957 |
| Sep 2024 | 69.7 | $683 | $997 |
| Aug 2024 | 60.6 | $547 | $969 |
| Jul 2024 | 60.2 | $544 | $942 |
| Jun 2024 | 60.5 | $547 | $947 |
| May 2024 | 61.0 | $552 | $955 |
| Apr 2024 | 60.2 | $545 | $965 |
| Mar 2024 | 60.0 | $544 | $965 |
| Feb 2024 | 59.4 | $537 | $953 |
| Jan 2024 | 63.3 | $503 | $955 |
| Dec 2023 | 63.6 | $528 | $958 |
| Nov 2023 | 60.3 | $502 | $908 |
| Oct 2023 | 56.3 | $489 | $884 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Poland's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Bielsko-biala yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Bielsko-biala. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Bielsko-biala on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 8.7 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 20.1 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- −3.4 °C
- Rain a year
- 796 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 80%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.0 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 11
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 74
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 55
- PM2.5
- 9.2µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 760-100
Internet
Poland median; city not listed- Upload
- 61Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 8ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 109Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 21ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 7.9Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 19.0Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.3%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 7.03%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 11.6Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Bielsko-biala
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Contributors
- 31Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026