Freetown vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$980	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	23	61
😀 Quality of life	37	67
🏙️ Population	951K	1.99M

The cost of living in Freetown is 85% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 4063rd and 6769th ($1346 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sierra Leone and Belarus, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 7302nd and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Minsk

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	Freetown	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$10220

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850