Freetown vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$980	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	23	63
😀 Quality of life	37	50
🏙️ Population	951K	14.9M

The cost of living in Freetown is 205% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4063rd and 8872nd ($1346 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Sierra Leone and Pakistan, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7302nd and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Karachi

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	Freetown	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$1405

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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

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552