Maputo vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maputo	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1068	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2602	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$531	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1006	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$319	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	94
😀 Quality of life	41	83
🏙️ Population	1.13M	1.86M

The cost of living in Maputo is 34% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5045th and 3022nd ($1068 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Mozambique and Poland, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Maputo compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 6875th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Warsaw

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	Maputo	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.78	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.61	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$592	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1399	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.29%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3504	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2016	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.76	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.2	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.6	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5643	$13608

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628

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