Warsaw leads 2026-Q1 city price rankings at 16,393 PLN/m²

Warsaw still sets the pace

Warsaw remained the priciest city in the latest NBP BaRN ranking for 2026-Q1, at 16,393 PLN/m². Kraków followed at 15,110 PLN/m², with Gdańsk next at 13,870 PLN/m². That top tier is tight, but the gap opens fast after the first three. Wrocław came in at 12,632 PLN/m² and Gdynia at 12,357 PLN/m².

At the other end of the table, the cheaper markets stayed firmly below 9,000 PLN/m². Łódź was lowest in this set at 7,971 PLN/m², narrowly ahead of Bydgoszcz (8,033 PLN/m²) and Katowice (8,054 PLN/m²). The overall median price across the ranking was 9,378 PLN/m².

What the ranking shows

This is a secondary-market ranking based on NBP BaRN transaction prices, so the numbers reflect prices recorded in notarial deeds, not developer asking rates. That matters because the spread is wide enough to change the story from city to city:

• Warsaw is 8,422 PLN/m² above Łódź.
• Kraków is 1,283 PLN/m² below Warsaw.
• Gdańsk sits 1,238 PLN/m² under Kraków.
• Wrocław and Gdynia are separated by just 275 PLN/m².

Here is the full 2026-Q1 ranking shown in the dataset:

The middle of the pack is just as revealing. Rzeszów and Poznań are both above 10,600 PLN/m², while Lublin is still under 10,000 PLN/m² at 9,879 PLN/m². That places Lublin below the ranking median but above the lowest three cities listed in the dataset.

The lower-cost end stays clustered

The most affordable group in the wider dataset is packed tightly together. Łódź, Bydgoszcz and Katowice are separated by only 83 PLN/m² from first to third in that low-cost trio. Kielce followed at 8,125 PLN/m², and Zielona Góra at 8,528 PLN/m².

That clustering matters for anyone comparing budgets city by city. Once a market is sitting around the 8,000 PLN/m² mark, even small shifts can change what a given monthly budget buys in usable floor area.

Cheapest cities in 2026-Q1

Transit and neighbourhood context

For people comparing prices at street level, city averages are only the first filter. A market like Warsaw can mask huge differences between central districts, commuter-adjacent neighbourhoods and outer edges. If you want to drill down from city-wide prices to a specific area, use the live property price explorer from the Housing market section.

For address-level searches, the explorer is the right tool for a neighbourhood or street comparison. City rankings are useful for the headline picture; local searches are what show how far a budget stretches in a specific part of town.

Developer register entries to watch

This ranking does not include developer asking prices, but the register pages below are useful if you are comparing new-build supply alongside the secondary market. These are mandatory asking prices for new units, not transaction averages:

• LW Development 10 Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością
• V ELMIS GK SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ SPÓŁKA KOMANDYTOWO-AKCYJNA
• LW Development 9 Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością
• RJ HOUSE SP. Z O. O.

Practical takeaway

The 2026-Q1 ranking says the market is still sharply tiered. Warsaw sits in a league of its own, Kraków and Gdańsk form the next band, and several regional cities remain clustered well below 11,000 PLN/m². For a buyer or renter comparing cities, that means the first question is not just which city, but which price band inside it.

If you are comparing options city by city, start with the ranking above, then move down to street-level searches in the Housing market section for a more precise view of local price differences.