Sao Tome vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$312	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	1	94
😀 Quality of life	22	83
🏙️ Population	65.5K	1.86M

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 44% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6047th and 3022nd ($900 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Sao Tome and Principe and Poland, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 8798th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Tome vs Warsaw

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	Sao Tome	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$13608

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Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590

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