Maputo vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Maputo	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$966	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2229	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$466	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$741	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.4	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$2278
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	94
😀 Quality of life	42	87
🏙️ Population	1.13M	1.86M

The cost of living in Maputo is 52% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5915th and 1966th ($966 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mozambique and Poland, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Maputo compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7630th and 348th 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	$10.2	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.8	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.88	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.13	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$482	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.5	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82.1	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.33%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4210	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2095	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.94	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.59	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.72	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.6	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.83	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.9	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.7	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$143	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5840	$16711

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$916
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$511
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$950
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$652
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$912
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$899
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$910
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$792
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$892
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$967
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$1049
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$1089
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$958
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$716
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$948
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$765
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$1057
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$950
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$875
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$826
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$681
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$551
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$861
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$630
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$731
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$901
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$697
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1000
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$952
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$662

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399