Cost of living comparison

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Damascus is 16.9% more expensive than Freetown.

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

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pay 22.9% less for restaurants

 
Freetown
Damascus
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00
SLL62,908
$3.75
SYP9,422
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$4.50
SYP11,306
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
SLL27,260
$0.95
SYP2,387

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pay 34.4% less for groceries

 
Freetown
Damascus
Bread
1 loaf
$0.50
SLL10,485
$1.00
SYP2,513
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $1.84
SYP4,630
Milk (1 gallon) $7.57
SLL158,756
$4.00
SYP10,038

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pay 71.0% more for transportation

 
Freetown
Damascus
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
SLL101,357
$11.70
SYP29,396
Monthly public transit pass ?? $17.00
SYP42,713
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,000.00
SLL251,634,000
$18,000.00
SYP45,225,540

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pay 1.9% less for housing

 
Freetown
Damascus
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$55.67
SYP139,864
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,200.00
SLL25,163,400
$270.43
SYP679,452
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $50.00
SLL1,048,475
$135.00
SYP339,192

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Freetown
Damascus
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $51.88
SYP130,337
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $1,100.00
SYP2,763,783

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pay 50.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Freetown
Damascus
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SLL31,454
$1.50
SYP3,769
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$1.30
SYP3,266
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.00
SLL62,908
$3.00
SYP7,538

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pay 2.4 times more for clothing

 
Freetown
Damascus
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
$29.00
SYP72,863
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
$29.80
SYP74,873
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
$40.75
SYP102,386

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