Cost of living comparison

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N'djamena is 69.8% more expensive than Freetown.

If you lived in N'djamena instead of Freetown, you would:

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pay 37.4% more for restaurants

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00
SLL62,908
$8.26
FCFA4,979
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$13.21
FCFA7,967
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
SLL27,260
$0.83
FCFA498

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pay 12.3% less for groceries

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Bread
1 loaf
$0.50
SLL10,485
$0.33
FCFA199
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $1.65
FCFA996
Milk (1 gallon) $7.57
SLL158,756
$7.29
FCFA4,398

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pay 29.5% less for transportation

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
SLL101,357
$3.96
FCFA2,390
Monthly public transit pass ?? $82.55
FCFA49,795
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,000.00
SLL251,634,000
$11,391.93
FCFA6,871,685

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pay 83.5% more for housing

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$82.55
FCFA49,795
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,200.00
SLL25,163,400
$1,400.85
FCFA845,003
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $50.00
SLL1,048,475
$181.61
FCFA109,549

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $36.32
FCFA21,910
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $1,651.00
FCFA995,896

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pay 43.1% more for entertainment and sports

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SLL31,454
$1.24
FCFA747
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$3.30
FCFA1,992
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.00
SLL62,908
$1.07
FCFA647

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pay 4.0 times more for clothing

 
Freetown
N'djamena
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
$33.02
FCFA19,918
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
$61.91
FCFA37,346
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
$53.66
FCFA32,367

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