Freetown vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Freetown	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1347	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1705	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$974	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$4361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	22	52
😀 Quality of life	29	91
🏙️ Population	951K	140K

The cost of living in Freetown is 59% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 4374th and 88th ($1347 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sierra Leone and Iceland, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Freetown compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Freetown ranked 2nd best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 8809th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Reykjavik

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	Freetown	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.91	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.27	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$797	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.4	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.71%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$942	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.89	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.42	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.53	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.68	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.2	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.8	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3183	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242