Despite them being a EU member state, they don’t use Euro as their official currency. Since they have their own currency being the Zloty which is considered stable, but even if you have Euros or US Dollars for converting to Zloty: does purchasing power hold up since both Euro & US Dollar possesses a higher rate? I figure that Warsaw will be expensive due to it being the capital, so that is expected.
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Poland is relatively affordable compared to Western Europe, but prices have risen sharply since 2022. Major cities like Warsaw and Kraków now match lower-tier Western European costs for hotels and dining. Rural areas and smaller towns remain significantly cheaper.
The zloty (PLN) gives you leverage against the euro and dollar, but inflation has eroded that advantage. As of 2026, expect:
- Hostel bed: 80-120 PLN ($20-30)
- Three-course meal: 150-250 PLN ($35-60)
- Public transit pass: 70 PLN ($16)
Poland is still cheaper than Germany or France, but not the bargain it once was.
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Depends where you’re coming from.
From Australia, no. Bali is cheaper and bogan.
From France, yes. Bali is expensive and exotic.Getting there may be expensive, but staying there isn’t.
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Every country is a cheap travel destination from Switzerland.
Norway?
Pretty close, but not quite!
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/big-mac-index-by-country
You have to be careful with the Big Mac index. That’s a foreign delicacy in a lot of places, and there might be a guy selling a nice meal for a fraction of the price on a street nearby.
In Europe it might work.
Südbaden is catering to the Swiss now, the prices are almost as bad as the ones in Switzerland. Meanwhile, the Germans who live there have to pay Swiss prices on German wages.
We went to Gdańsk in May 2023, let me tell you it was soooo affordable/cheap, esp coming from Norway. Amazing comfort food, sweet people, beautiful sights and the WW2 museum was amazing, and we aren’t usually museum people. Big recommend! Sopot (I think that’s the spelling) is a little beach town right outside Gdańsk and it’s also really nice!
Not the chepest country in EU, but it is cheper than most western european countries.
In Warsaw for example:
cheapest full meal in town 35zł
big set in macdonalds 48zł
full day public transportation ticket 15zł
72h public transportation ticket 36zł
72h public communication ticket 36zł
Is “public communication” public transportation? Guessing this is some translation weirdness.
Ah, yes. Buses, trams, subway and trains within the city.
No, no, no… You buy a license to speak in public ;-)
I’m doing a cycle tour in Poland this year. I picked it because it was cheaper than any cycle tour anywhere else in Europe, even with half board.
It’s also flat. And I mean really flat. Mountains are just at the south and the rest is flatland to the point it feels kind of overwhelming for the lack of better word for me coming from hilly landscape.
I’m cycling in the south, in the hilly bit, but along a river.
I, too, come from a hilly landscape (the Black Forest). I live there anyway, I’m from a flat country. I love flat landscapes and big skies.
I also grew up in a mountainous valley and am unsettled by distant flat horizons.
Depends on where in Poland. When you visit a high tourism area like swinouscje or Gdynia you pay almost the same for everything like in the German parts of the eastern sea. But in darlowo or dabki you can find more cheaper options. Those are places around the sea, unfortunately I don’t know much about vacations in the landslide. My family comes from the south, so we only visit the family or go to the beaches . But I bet there are also some cheaper options
Properties in landslides go for almost nothing.
I went to Krakov 3 years ago, and from a UK perspective Poland was a relatively cheap travel destination.
