Freetown vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$980	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$1303
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	23	61
😀 Quality of life	37	79
🏙️ Population	951K	605K

The cost of living in Freetown is 21% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 4063rd and 4764th ($1346 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Sierra Leone and Latvia, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 7302nd and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Freetown vs Riga

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

	Freetown	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$3.49
🥤 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	$866	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$13840

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1061
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$998
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$1278
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$998
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$1272
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$1019
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$523
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$487
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$804
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$827
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$1007
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$999
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$964
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$487
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$552
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$507
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1000
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$489
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$998
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$569
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$490
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1052
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1046
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1114
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$916
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$491
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$904
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$970
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$499
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$937
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$906
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$647
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$490

Cities near Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220