Freetown vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$974	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	22	46
😀 Quality of life	29	60
🏙️ Population	951K	1.2M

The cost of living in Freetown is 53% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4374th and 6322nd ($1347 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 8809th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Freetown	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758