Warsaw vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Warsaw	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1780	$840
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4145	$2441
🏠 One person rent	$1071	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$1872	$1086
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1966	$781
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	28
😀 Quality of life	83	50
🏙️ Population	1.86M	431K

The cost of living in Warsaw is 112% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 2592nd and 6296th ($1780 vs $840) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Poland and Namibia, respectively. Check Poland vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Warsaw compared to 0.9 months in Windhoek. Warsaw ranked 1st best city to live in Poland vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 387th and 6223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Warsaw vs Windhoek

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	Warsaw	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.4	$46.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.93	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.19	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1055	$362
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$822	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2024	$1113
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1452	$903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$52.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$80.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$60.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	11.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6035	$795
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4031	$827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.6	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$7.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.21	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$6.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.34	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.6	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.53	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.52	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.94	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$35.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.29	$3.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.1	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.4	$7.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$43.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.5	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$174
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13474	$5452

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Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$779
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$833
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$818
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$832
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$807
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$790
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$766
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$741
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$654
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$690
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$692
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$718
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$809
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$600
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$663
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$859
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$554
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$670
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$585
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$652
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$848
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$774
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$971
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$874
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$997
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$736
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$909
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$838
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$705
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$822