Buenos Aires vs Freetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Freetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1679
🏠 One person rent	$470	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$655
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$1273
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	79	23
😀 Quality of life	74	37
🏙️ Population	3.12M	951K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 16% less expensive than in Freetown. Cities ranked 4694th and 4063rd ($1130 vs $1346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Sierra Leone, respectively. Check Argentina vs Sierra Leone comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.9 months in Freetown. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Freetown ranked 1st in Sierra Leone, while ranked 1194th and 7302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Freetown

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	Buenos Aires	Freetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$7.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$866
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$801
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$170
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$85.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	12.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1087
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$1072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$6.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$3.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$5.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$2.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$1.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$1.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$2.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$10
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$60.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$82.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$2773

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

Cities near Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1061
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$998
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$1278
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$998
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$1272
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$1019
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$523
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$487
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$804
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$827
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$1007
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$999
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$964
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$487
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$552
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$507
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1000
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$489
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$998
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$569
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$490
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1052
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1046
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1114
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$916
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$491
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$904
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$970
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$499
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$937
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$906
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$647
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$490