Common information
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Population
- 13 768
Cost of living and prices in Freetown
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre978USD/month
- in city centre1,362USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre100USD/month
- in city centre750USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 3 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 30 USD |
| Meal | McMeal at McDonalds | 1 pc | 10 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 2 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 2 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 8 USD |
| Fruits | Apples | 1 kg | 4 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 5 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Lettuce | 1 head | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Alcohol | Wine, Mid-Range | 1 bottle | 7 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 3 USD |
Transportation
| Public transport | One-way | 1 ticket | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Taxi start | seat | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Normal tariff | 1 km | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Waiting | 1 hour | 5 USD |
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 1 USD |
| Automobile | Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline | 1 pc | 12,000 USD |
| Automobile | Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort | 1 pc | 25,000 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 50 USD |
Goods
| Clothing | Jeans, Levis 501 | 1 pair | 10 USD |
| Clothing | Summer Dress in Zara, H&M | 1 pc | 8 USD |
| Shoes | Nike Running Shoes | 1 pair | 20 USD |
| Shoes | Men Leather Business Shoes | 1 pair | 50 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 144 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 1,362 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 978 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 750 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 100 USD |
| Buy apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 sq. meter | 1,076 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 sq. meter | 1,076 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 1,675 USD |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Freetown
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 31 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 41 |
| Average high, °C | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 |
| Average temperature, °C | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 26 |
| Average low, °C | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 |
| Record low, °C | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 17 |
| Fog, days | 1 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| Thunderstorms, days | 14 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 95 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 507 | 282 | 111 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 58 | 191 | 349 | 752 | 804 | 3113 |
| Relative humidity, % | 85 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 79 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 79 |
| Relative humidity morning, % | 94 | 94 | 92 | 91 | 89 | 87 | 84 | 85 | 89 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 90 |
| Relative humidity evening, % | 81 | 76 | 71 | 62 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 71 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Day Length, часов | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Dew point, °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 259 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 444 | 471 | 471 | 481 | 477 | 449 | 508 | 501 | 505 | 462 | 453 | 446 | 5669 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 |