Freetown vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Freetown	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$751	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1496	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$387	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$477	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$264	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.1	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1673	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	22	93
😀 Quality of life	43	83
🏙️ Population	951K	1.86M

The cost of living in Freetown is 49% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6569th and 3564th ($751 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sierra Leone and Poland, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Freetown compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 6876th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Warsaw

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	Freetown	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.93	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$791	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$80.7	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$175	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.1	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.1%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1081	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1080	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.01	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.42	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.53	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.62	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.26	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.9	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.78	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.8	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.58	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.9	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$75.7	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2661	$11854

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Cities near Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1024
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$971
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$689
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$968
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$689
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$989
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$977
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$501
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$470
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$778
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$799
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$975
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$972
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$469
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$1049
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$469
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$1060
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$468
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$486
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$441
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1081
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$472
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$1068
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$518
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$471
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1009
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1067
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1179
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$976
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$471
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$897
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$1070
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$479
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$891
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$923
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$1061
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$888
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$584
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$470

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385