Freetown vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$974	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$809
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	54
😀 Quality of life	29	65
🏙️ Population	951K	1.33M

The cost of living in Freetown is 55% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 4374th and 6377th ($1347 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 16th in Sierra Leone and Russia, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Freetown compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 8809th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Kazan

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	Freetown	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$14288

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917