Colorado Springs vs Freetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Colorado Springs	Freetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2548	$1272
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5745	$1604
🏠 One person rent	$1632	$906
🏘️ Family rent	$2650	$557
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.1	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4215	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	62	23
😀 Quality of life	88	30
🏙️ Population	479K	951K

The cost of living in Colorado Springs is 100% more expensive than in Freetown. Cities ranked 819th and 4589th ($2548 vs $1272) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 714th and 1st in the United States and Sierra Leone, respectively. Check the United States vs Sierra Leone comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Colorado Springs compared to 0.1 months in Freetown. Colorado Springs ranked 88th best city to live in the United States vs Freetown ranked 1st in Sierra Leone, while ranked 297th and 8792nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/colorado-springs/freetown.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Colorado Springs vs Freetown infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/colorado-springs/freetown" target="_blank">Colorado Springs vs Freetown - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Colorado Springs vs Freetown

Prices for goods and services in Colorado Springs and Freetown are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Colorado Springs	Freetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.4	$29.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.3	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1578	$628
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1366	$798
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2606	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2302	$194
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$100	$73.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.1%	12.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2581	$1428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2457	$794
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.9	$17.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$9.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.9	$1.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$7.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$5.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$0.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.17	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$1.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.76	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$1.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$14.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$2.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.1	$10.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$60.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1487	$111
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24668	$3981

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Colorado Springs

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 9 mi	Security-Widefield	$2423
21 km or 13 mi	Fountain	$2367
57 km or 35 mi	Castle Rock	$2521
68 km or 42 mi	Pueblo	$1961
73 km or 45 mi	Parker	$2534
77 km or 48 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2605
82 km or 51 mi	Centennial	$2542
86 km or 53 mi	Littleton	$2288
89 km or 55 mi	Englewood	$2391
94 km or 59 mi	Aurora	$2749
97 km or 61 mi	Lakewood	$2548
99 km or 61 mi	Denver	$2848
104 km or 65 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2601
108 km or 67 mi	Arvada	$2627
109 km or 68 mi	Commerce	$2382
110 km or 68 mi	Westminster	$2649
116 km or 72 mi	Northglenn	$2642
116 km or 72 mi	Thornton	$2729
121 km or 75 mi	Broomfield	$2986
124 km or 77 mi	Brighton	$2594
129 km or 80 mi	Lafayette	$2800
136 km or 84 mi	Boulder	$3013
148 km or 92 mi	Longmont	$2571
173 km or 107 mi	Greeley	$2028
173 km or 108 mi	Loveland	$2506
191 km or 119 mi	Fort Collins	$2346
254 km or 158 mi	Cheyenne	$1770
281 km or 174 mi	Laramie	$1900
283 km or 176 mi	Taos	$2417
327 km or 203 mi	Grand Junction	$2293
337 km or 210 mi	Espanola	$2237
347 km or 216 mi	Scottsbluff	$1914
356 km or 221 mi	Garden	$1741
370 km or 230 mi	Santa Fe	$2212
380 km or 236 mi	Farmington	$2470
395 km or 245 mi	Liberal	$1730
426 km or 264 mi	North Platte	$1875
434 km or 270 mi	Dodge	$1646
436 km or 271 mi	Rio Rancho	$2089
447 km or 278 mi	Albuquerque	$2029

Cities near Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1050
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$984
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$1231
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$983
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$1219
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$1005
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$998
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$487
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$831
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$857
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$993
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$993
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$486
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$1119
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$1109
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$487
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$611
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$545
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$527
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1164
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$494
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$1163
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$561
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$493
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1214
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1206
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1281
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$1076
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$494
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$1062
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$1141
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$501
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1044
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$1100
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$1140
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$1067
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$619
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$495