Weekly Food costs - Krakow

Moving to krakow soon, and balancing my expenses before I go . . . trying to :) can anyone tell me the average weekly cost of shopping for food, for one person ?

About a 100 Zloty but of course it depends on where and what you eat.
You should probably budget for double that until you find your feet and know where to go.

If families i.e husband, wife and child spent 100 each every week on food, what would they live on? That woudl woprk out approx 1000-1200 just on food. To some people that is take-home pay for the month.

I've lived on 50 pln z week, bought own food from the market, cooked, did not go out to McDo (for their restaurant-type food), did not buy Coca Cola or other such rubbish, drank flavoured tea and not coffee.

It'd be a doddle to live on 50PLN - when you think that you can get a kilo of chicken breasts for 12PLN or so, it's really not difficult.

I never said that each person would live on 100 per week, your assumption is incorrect.


That is easy, when you know where the market is.


That is why I put such a high price.

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Is it possible to live a modest retired lifestyle in the smaller Polish cities on an income of 10,000 PLN per month? Any idea as to what the minimum might be and which areas are the cheapest?

Len in Green Bay, WI

...and know how to cook some basic dishes. I'm shocked to see people live on kebabs and not know how to make soup. Polish way of making soup is great. It's a good start and any neighbour will show you once you break the ice.

The trick is breaking the ice :)

I'm willing to deliver home cooked meals to Len from Green Bay for say 8,000 PLN anywhere in Poland. lol

If you cook at home It's really cheap but If you want to eat out the cost obviously skyrocket.


In my opinion you should count in 500 PLN a month - the salaries are paid here monthly anyway. I saw your other topics and you should think about giving up a car. The price of fuel and insurence is high. The most importent cost is the rent anyway and remember that many owners are trying to ripp off foreigners.

This isn't completely true if you pick the right places to eat. Krakow has a massive student population, therefore there are a heap of eateries that cater for student budgets. If you know where to go you can have a filling meal for 10-15 zl easily, or even less. I went to a place the other night which served a big bowl of soup (a meal in itself) for 3zl.

Im irish so Ill probably break the ice with alcohol hehe. Ive tasted some Polish food before, delicious and hearty !! cant wait :)))


I dont eat much, and Im cheap :))


I love the idea of buying food from the market, cheap and fresh, way to go !!!


Hope so !!


Do you know where it is in krakow by any chance ??


Im more of an eat at home person to be honest, although I am partial to the occassional indian curry :D


I like the sound of that :D

Im going to give up the car for the moment, and perhaps return to the idea later when I am settled or have more money to put aside for it. I got a room close to the centre for 700 pln every mth, bills are included in that. Im sharing with 4 others, but its ok for the moment and I will maybe look for something else later.

Thanks for your replies everyone, you have really helped me a lot. Its always a little daunting moving to a new country and culture but getting advice on the practicalities of everyday living and expences from people living there is fantastic.

Na zdrowie !!! :))

Theres an ok market called Stary Kleparz (sp??) It's just the other side of the planty not too far from the big galeria near the train station.

It still doesn't compare to the markets I had at home but thats the best one i've seen so far here in krak.

Thank you, it will be my first port of call !! :))

Click here for recommendations for Krakow. There are many markets in Krakow.


So am I, I live just south of Krakow and I work in Krakow quite often.

Paintballing, I had a bad experience the last time I went paintballing lol great craic though ! Ill check out the link . . cheers Sean

No bother, just out of curiosity confuseddude, what made was you choose Krakow?.

What was her name ?;)

Exactly :D . . . long story, ill tell you over a pint sometime !!