Freetown vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$974	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	22	96
😀 Quality of life	29	73
🏙️ Population	951K	13.3M

The cost of living in Freetown is 6% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4374th and 4141st ($1347 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8809th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Moscow

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	Freetown	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772