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Tirana vs. Freetown Cost of Living Summary

Tirana is 2.2 times more expensive than Freetown.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Tirana
Groceries: pay 31.1% more in Tirana
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Tirana
Housing: pay 48.6% less in Tirana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 47.0% more in Tirana
Clothing: pay 5.2 times more in Tirana

The cost of clothing, transportation, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Tirana are more expensive than in Freetown. Notably, clothing, transportation, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Tirana.

Tirana vs. Freetown Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Freetown	Tirana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.00 SLL62,908	$12.05 ALL998	+301.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00 SLL210K	$12.05 ALL998	+20.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.03 SLL21,591	$2.04 ALL169	+98.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 SLL18,596	$1.04 ALL86	+17.1%
Average			+109.3%

Freetown vs. Tirana - Cost of restaurants

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pay 31.1% more for groceries

	Freetown	Tirana
Bread 1 loaf	$0.67 SLL13,980	$1.15 ALL95	+72.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.54 SLL74,319	$6.73 ALL557	+89.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.15 SLL192K	$8.27 ALL685	-9.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.01 SLL42,124	$4.21 ALL349	+109.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.40 SLL71,337	$3.67 ALL304	+7.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81 SLL38,046	$0.77 ALL64	-57.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$1.27 ALL105	+40.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.32 SLL6,742	$0.97 ALL80	+202.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.27 SLL47,558	$0.88 ALL73	-61.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$0.61 ALL50	-32.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.74 SLL15,488	$0.60 ALL50	-19.0%
Average			+31.1%

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Freetown	Tirana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.02 SLL105K	$8.19 ALL678	+63.3%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$19.28 ALL1,596
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,000.00 SLL252M	$34,989.79 ALL3M	+191.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.75 SLL225K	$32.54 ALL2,693	+202.7%
Average			+152.5%

Freetown vs. Tirana - Cost of transportation

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pay 48.6% less for housing

	Freetown	Tirana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$100.00 SLL2M	$18.93 ALL1,567	-81.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,321.25 SLL28M	$838.35 ALL69,395	-36.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,261.67 SLL26M	$548.59 ALL45,410	-56.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.40 SLL2M	$87.73 ALL7,262	-20.5%
Average			-48.6%

Freetown vs. Tirana - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Freetown	Tirana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$312.88 ALL25,899
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$5,810.16 ALL481K

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pay 47.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Freetown	Tirana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.50 SLL31,454	$3.01 ALL249	+100.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.74 SLL36,435	$2.11 ALL174	+21.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.00 SLL62,908	$4.46 ALL369	+48.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.00 SLL1M	$58.65 ALL4,855	+17.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$9.04 ALL748
Average			+47.0%

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pay 5.2 times more for clothing

	Freetown	Tirana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$10.00 SLL210K	$68.30 ALL5,654	+583.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$8.00 SLL168K	$47.45 ALL3,928	+493.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$20.00 SLL419K	$107.71 ALL8,916	+438.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$50.00 SLL1M	$131.74 ALL10,905	+163.5%
Average			+419.6%

Freetown vs. Tirana - Cost of clothing

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