Freetown vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$980	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	23	60
😀 Quality of life	37	56
🏙️ Population	951K	1.42M

The cost of living in Freetown is 166% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4063rd and 8600th ($1346 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Sierra Leone and Ukraine, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 7302nd and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Kharkiv

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	Freetown	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549