Freetown vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$980	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	23	70
😀 Quality of life	37	78
🏙️ Population	951K	1.4M

The cost of living in Freetown is 30% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 4063rd and 5261st ($1346 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sierra Leone and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 7302nd and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Freetown vs Sofia

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

	Freetown	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$6749

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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633