Freetown vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$980	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	23	98
😀 Quality of life	37	93
🏙️ Population	951K	1.97M

The cost of living in Freetown is 27% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4063rd and 2270th ($1346 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sierra Leone and Austria, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 7302nd and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Vienna

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	Freetown	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987