Freetown vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Freetown	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$751	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1496	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$387	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$477	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$264	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.1	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1673	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	22	96
😀 Quality of life	43	73
🏙️ Population	951K	12.5M

The cost of living in Freetown is 26% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6569th and 5167th ($751 vs $1021) 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 2.2 months in Freetown compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6876th and 1608th 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	$2.93	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$791	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$80.7	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$175	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.1	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.1%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1081	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1080	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.01	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.53	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.62	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.26	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.9	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.78	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.8	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.58	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.9	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$75.7	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2661	$10868

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Cities near Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1024
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$971
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$689
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$968
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$689
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$989
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$977
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$501
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$470
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$778
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$799
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$975
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$972
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$469
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$1049
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$469
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$1060
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$468
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$486
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$441
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1081
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$472
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$1068
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$518
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$471
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1009
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1067
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1179
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$976
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$471
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$897
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$1070
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$479
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$891
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$923
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$1061
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$888
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$584
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$470

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517