Cheap flights from Chisinau to Warsaw

November is the cheapest month on this route, so if your dates can move, that is the time to look. Spring and early summer fill up with holiday traffic, and the stretch around Christmas and New Year is the busiest of all, when fares climb weeks before departure. Midweek departures on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday usually cost less than Friday and Sunday, the days most people actually want to travel. Book a few weeks ahead in the cheaper months, and earlier still around public holidays in either country, when seats go quickly. Prices are shown by the page for every month, so compare before you commit.

Wizz Air Malta and Wizz Air fly the route on the low-cost model: you pay for a seat and a small cabin bag, and checked luggage, seat selection and food come as extras. LOT Polish Airlines and Air Baltic sit closer to the full-service end, where a checked bag and a snack are usually part of the fare and connections through their hubs are sold as one journey. Lufthansa, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Austrian, Tarom, Aegean Airlines and Freebird Airlines mostly sell connecting itineraries rather than direct seats, which makes for a longer travel day but can be simpler if something goes wrong. What is included differs between these carriers, so read the fare conditions before you choose.

Warsaw has two airports, and they are not close to each other. F. Chopin is the main one, sitting close to the city centre, with a rail link, city buses and taxis covering the last leg. Modlin is the second, further north outside the city, and low-cost carriers use it more; shuttle buses timed to arrivals are the usual way in, and the ride takes noticeably longer. Check which airport your ticket names before booking ground transport, because a taxi between the two is a long trip. Late arrivals can find the last buses gone, so plan the final leg in advance.

Currency

PLZ (zł)

Power sockets

Type C, E · 230 V

Language

Polish

Emergency number

112, 986, 997

Driving side

right

Calling code

+48

Internet domain

.pl

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Warsaw

1.9 M (2024)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Warsaw)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which Warsaw airport your flight lands at, since F. Chopin and Modlin are far apart and not interchangeable.
• On a low-cost fare, confirm the cabin bag allowance before you pack, since adding a checked bag later usually costs more than at booking.
• If your itinerary connects, make sure it is one ticket, so a missed connection is the airline's problem rather than yours.
• Carry a valid passport or identity card for Poland and check the entry rules that apply to your nationality.
• Compare November fares with the rest of the year if your dates can move by a week or two.
• Recheck the departure airport and time close to travel, as schedules on this route shift with the season.