Cost of living comparison

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Beirut is 2.2 times more expensive than Freetown.

If you lived in Beirut instead of Freetown, you would:

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pay 39.3% more for restaurants

 
Freetown
Beirut
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00
SLL62,908
$8.00
LBP715,377
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$7.00
LBP625,955
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
SLL27,260
$1.51
LBP135,353

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pay 27.1% less for groceries

 
Freetown
Beirut
Bread
1 loaf
$0.50
SLL10,485
$0.78
LBP69,985
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $5.14
LBP459,361
Milk (1 gallon) $7.57
SLL158,756
$6.42
LBP574,148

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pay 35.7% more for transportation

 
Freetown
Beirut
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
SLL101,357
$3.53
LBP315,933
Monthly public transit pass ?? $65.22
LBP5,831,881
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,000.00
SLL251,634,000
$25,000.00
LBP2,235,554,195

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pay 2.6 times more for housing

 
Freetown
Beirut
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$50.62
LBP4,526,997
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,200.00
SLL25,163,400
$771.88
LBP69,022,736
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $50.00
SLL1,048,475
$369.23
LBP33,017,416

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Freetown
Beirut
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $325.00
LBP29,062,205
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $4,150.00
LBP371,101,996

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pay 35.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Freetown
Beirut
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SLL31,454
$3.00
LBP268,266
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$2.48
LBP221,977
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.00
SLL62,908
$2.29
LBP204,777

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pay 5.7 times more for clothing

 
Freetown
Beirut
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
$83.69
LBP7,483,518
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
$54.29
LBP4,854,346
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
$107.86
LBP9,644,820

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