Freetown vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$2327
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$5471
🏠 One person rent	$974	$1420
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$628
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$4437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	22	82
😀 Quality of life	29	90
🏙️ Population	951K	468K

The cost of living in Freetown is 42% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 4374th and 1213th ($1347 vs $2327) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1060th 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 1.9 months in Raleigh. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Raleigh ranked 60th in the United States, while ranked 8809th and 212th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Freetown vs Raleigh infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/freetown/raleigh.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Freetown vs Raleigh infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/freetown/raleigh" target="_blank">Freetown vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Freetown vs Raleigh

Prices for goods and services in Freetown and Raleigh are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Freetown	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.91
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$1941
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$3119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$2477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$3.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$6.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$1578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$24117

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766