Freetown vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Freetown	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1679	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$980	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$69	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1273	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	23	46
😀 Quality of life	37	60
🏙️ Population	951K	1.47M

The cost of living in Freetown is 76% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4063rd and 6596th ($1346 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Sierra Leone and Russia, respectively. Check Sierra Leone vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Freetown compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Freetown ranked 1st best city to live in Sierra Leone vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 7302nd and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Freetown vs Yekaterinburg

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	Freetown	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.9	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.28	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$170	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.5	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1072	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.19	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.66	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.91	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$10	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.4	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2773	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658