Bangui vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangui	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$221	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$200	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.9	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	6	83
🏙️ Population	889K	1.86M

The cost of living in Bangui is 68% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 8532nd and 3022nd ($513 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the Central African Republic and Poland, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangui compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 9267th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Warsaw

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	Bangui	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.4	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.5	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$483	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.3	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1567	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$931	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.83	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.32	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.7	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$76.9	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2664	$13608

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$767
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$482
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$482
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$850
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$806
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$485
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$486
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$747
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$556
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$533
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$522
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$910
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$665
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$555
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$523
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$553
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1265
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$764
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1121
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$843
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$609
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$580
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$601
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$655
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$876
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$520
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$487
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$741
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$495
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$485
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$553
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$519
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$974
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$668
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$508
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$523
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$384
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385