Freetown vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$974	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$3987
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	22	60
😀 Quality of life	29	89
🏙️ Population	951K	246K

The cost of living in Freetown is 27% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4374th and 2519th ($1347 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1889th in Sierra Leone and the United States, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Freetown compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 8809th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Louisville

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	Freetown	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$15931

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017