Nouakchott vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nouakchott	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$659	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1526	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$288	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$447	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.6	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$160	$2278
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	14	94
😀 Quality of life	44	87
🏙️ Population	1.45M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nouakchott is 67% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7532nd and 1966th ($659 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritania and Poland, respectively. Check Mauritania vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Nouakchott compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Nouakchott ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritania vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7312th and 348th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nouakchott vs Warsaw

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	Nouakchott	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.29	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.78	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$366	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$241	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.6	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.81%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3927	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1322	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.46	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.38	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.25	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.96	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.53	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.6	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.1	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.8	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5862	$16711

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Cities near Nouakchott

Distance	City	Cost of living
175 km or 109 mi	Rosso	$619
234 km or 145 mi	Saint-Louis	$1147
275 km or 171 mi	Louga	$1145
380 km or 236 mi	Thies	$1236
398 km or 248 mi	Rufisque	$1229
404 km or 251 mi	Dakar	$1320
421 km or 262 mi	Fatick	$1176
438 km or 272 mi	Kaolack	$1178
518 km or 322 mi	Banjul	$518
527 km or 327 mi	Lamin	$537
540 km or 335 mi	Brikama	$605
587 km or 365 mi	Kolda	$1127
612 km or 380 mi	Ziguinchor	$1108
672 km or 417 mi	Bafata	$852
693 km or 430 mi	Bissau	$878
877 km or 545 mi	Praia	$979
884 km or 549 mi	Assomada	$977
904 km or 562 mi	Boffa	$990
953 km or 592 mi	Mamou	$1016
965 km or 600 mi	Mindelo	$1014
978 km or 608 mi	Forecariah	$993
984 km or 611 mi	Conakry	$1058
1041 km or 647 mi	Banamba	$507
1047 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$583
1048 km or 651 mi	Laayoune	$635
1071 km or 665 mi	Koulikoro	$508
1094 km or 680 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1531
1107 km or 688 mi	Freetown	$1323
1117 km or 694 mi	Kankan	$1001
1119 km or 695 mi	Las Palmas	$1540
1135 km or 705 mi	Tenerife	$1774
1145 km or 712 mi	La Orotava	$1694
1151 km or 715 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1750
1155 km or 718 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1654
1157 km or 719 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1615
1159 km or 720 mi	Segou	$508
1166 km or 725 mi	Markala	$508
1175 km or 730 mi	Bougouni	$507
1179 km or 732 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1332
1203 km or 748 mi	Corralejo	$1697

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