Freetown vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$974	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	22	63
😀 Quality of life	29	54
🏙️ Population	951K	14.9M

The cost of living in Freetown is 214% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4374th and 8915th ($1347 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Sierra Leone and Pakistan, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Freetown compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 8809th and 6371st 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	$2.91	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$1491

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Cities near Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1067
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$999
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$1283
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$999
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$1281
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$1021
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$536
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$502
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$872
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$895
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$1007
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$1044
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$1031
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$502
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$598
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$541
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$516
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1088
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$508
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$1084
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$583
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$506
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1140
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1141
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1221
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$1099
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$506
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$1060
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$514
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$1123
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$1062
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$1083
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$630
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$506

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558