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Sierra Leone

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Armenia

Yerevan vs. Freetown Cost of Living Summary

Yerevan is 19.3% more expensive than Freetown.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Yerevan
Groceries: pay 24.5% less in Yerevan
Transportation: pay 73.9% more in Yerevan
Housing: pay 19.4% less in Yerevan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.0% more in Yerevan
Clothing: pay 6.3 times more in Yerevan

The cost of clothing, restaurants, transportation, and entertainment and sports in Yerevan are more expensive than in Freetown. Expenses including groceries and housing are lower in Yerevan. Notably, clothing and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Yerevan.

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Yerevan vs. Freetown Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Freetown	Yerevan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.00 SLL41,939	$11.11 AMD4,022.20	+455.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.00 SLL231K	$11.11 AMD4,022.20	+1.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.83 SLL38,444	$1.24 AMD449.99	-32.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.85 SLL17,805	$0.74 AMD266.77	-13.2%
Average			+105.9%

Freetown vs. Yerevan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 24.5% less for groceries

	Freetown	Yerevan
Bread 1 loaf	$0.66 SLL13,755	$1.00 AMD361.76	+52.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.54 SLL74,319	$4.44 AMD1,608.52	+25.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.15 SLL192K	$6.38 AMD2,310.90	-30.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.81 SLL38,023	$2.83 AMD1,023.76	+55.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.54 SLL95,116	$3.54 AMD1,283.30	-21.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.18 SLL66,581	$0.69 AMD250.10	-78.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.36 SLL28,535	$0.82 AMD296.61	-39.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.32 SLL6,742	$0.90 AMD325.79	+179.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.27 SLL47,558	$1.17 AMD422.36	-48.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$0.32 AMD117.59	-64.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.74 SLL15,488	$0.31 AMD111.58	-58.3%
Average			-24.5%

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pay 73.9% more for transportation

	Freetown	Yerevan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.02 SLL105K	$6.06 AMD2,194.13	+20.8%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$25.00 AMD9,049.94
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,000.00 SLL252M	$35,000.00 AMD13M	+191.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.50 SLL94,363	$5.92 AMD2,143.83	+31.6%
Average			+73.9%

Freetown vs. Yerevan - Cost of transportation

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pay 19.4% less for housing

	Freetown	Yerevan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$55.00 SLL1M	$24.24 AMD8,775.09	-55.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$928.33 SLL19M	$908.70 AMD329K	-2.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,261.67 SLL26M	$630.03 AMD228K	-50.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$45.88 SLL962K	$96.84 AMD35,062.79	+111.1%
Average			-19.4%

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Freetown	Yerevan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$372.81 AMD135K
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$10,250.15 AMD4M

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pay 22.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Freetown	Yerevan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.25 SLL47,181	$2.78 AMD1,005.55	+23.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.76 SLL57,878	$3.82 AMD1,384.56	+38.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.00 SLL62,908	$2.78 AMD1,005.55	-7.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$73.26 AMD26,523.05
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$8.33 AMD3,016.65
Average			+22.0%

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pay 6.3 times more for clothing

	Freetown	Yerevan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$10.00 SLL210K	$105.31 AMD38,127.08	+953.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$58.07 AMD21,024.36
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$20.00 SLL419K	$140.41 AMD50,836.11	+602.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$50.00 SLL1M	$165.48 AMD59,913.98	+231.0%
Average			+525.5%

Freetown vs. Yerevan - Cost of clothing

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