Cost of Living inSzczecin, Poland
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Poland: $45,153/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 56% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
6.4 / 10
#34 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality, expat access, instruction language, and homeschool legality for relocating families.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Poland; Szczecin-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Good public schools
Assessment snapshot: 2022
Expat access
Resident route is viable
conditionalInstruction
Polish
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
488
Above OECD avg
PISA 2022 · OECD avg ~480
Why this quality rating
Poland’s public schools are stronger than many families expect, with solid PISA results and a credible national system.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Foreign resident families can generally enroll, but the everyday classroom experience is in Polish.
📋 Homeschooling
Legal with school enrollmentHomeschooling is legal. Students must be formally enrolled in a school and take annual exams there. The school principal must consent. No specific curriculum required at home but exams follow the national curriculum.
Homeschool legality in Poland — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Childcare & Domestic Help
Estimate-only country fallback for the family-support costs we track in Poland.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$700-$1,250
Estimate-only country fallback
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$1,350-$2,400
Estimate-only country fallback
Source: curated family relocation research(derived country fallback)
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Szczecin is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Poland.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongGood national coverage, strong doctor availability, and solid hospital-bed capacity support this rating.
Public care
GoodBroad public coverage and strong public funding help, but the tracked facility mix leans away from public providers.
Private care
MixedA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network help, but the private footprint is not very visible yet and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
82/100
2023
Physicians
4.03/1k
2023
Hospital beds
6.04/1k
2022
Out of pocket
16%
2024
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
78.4 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
2/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
2.5/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedMultiple facilities have websites and country-level outcomes are comparatively strong help, but the private footprint is still thin and price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Poland yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
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| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
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2024 annual wages in Szczecin, Poland · Source: GUS (region-adjusted)
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa.
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Szczecin compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.3x further in Szczecin than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Szczecin cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Szczecin is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 56% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Szczecin.
How does rent in Szczecin compare with New York City?
Rent in Szczecin is about 85% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Szczecin?
Groceries in Szczecin are about 61% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 56% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Szczecin
Szczecin sits in the northwest corner of Poland on the Oder River, only a few kilometers from the German border and within easy commuting distance of Berlin (roughly 150 kilometers). It is the capital of West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Poland's largest seaport on the Oder estuary, with an economy built on the port, logistics, shipbuilding (significantly contracted from its postwar peak), and growing IT and shared-services centers leveraging cross-border German demand. Relocators should weigh genuinely lower costs than Warsaw or Kraków, a strong cross-border German labor market within reach, and an oceanic-influenced climate milder than much of Poland against limited direct international flight connectivity (Berlin-Brandenburg is often the practical airport), and a smaller English-speaking expatriate community than other major Polish cities. Polish is essential. Best suited to logistics, IT, and German-tied professionals.
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