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Sierra Leone vs. Kenya Cost of Living Summary

Sierra Leone is 2.1 times more expensive than Kenya overall.

Restaurants: pay 58.5% more in Sierra Leone
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Sierra Leone
Transportation: pay 22.2% less in Sierra Leone
Housing: pay 5.9 times more in Sierra Leone
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.0% more in Sierra Leone
Clothing: pay 17.4% less in Sierra Leone

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

Sierra Leone vs. Kenya Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Kenya, you would:

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pay 58.5% more for restaurants

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.74 KES484.15	$3.00 SLL62,908	-19.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.17 KES798.62	$10.00 SLL209,695	+62.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.54 KES69.44	$1.03 SLL21,591	+92.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.44 KES57.53	$0.89 SLL18,596	+99.5%
Average			+58.5%

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Bread 1 loaf	$0.54 KES70.01	$0.67 SLL13,980	+23.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.37 KES565.28	$3.54 SLL74,319	-18.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.52 KES326.23	$9.15 SLL191,910	+263.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.60 KES207.28	$2.01 SLL42,124	+25.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.57 KES332.87	$3.40 SLL71,337	+32.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.08 KES139.60	$1.81 SLL38,046	+68.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.40 KES51.88	$0.91 SLL19,023	+126.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 KES89.87	$0.32 SLL6,742	-53.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 KES41.21	$2.27 SLL47,558	+612.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 KES38.21	$0.91 SLL19,023	+207.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.37 KES47.67	$0.74 SLL15,488	+100.6%
Average			+126.1%

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of groceries

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pay 22.2% less for transportation

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.40 KES698.69	$5.02 SLL105,180	-7.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$26.41 KES3,419.10	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,331.14 KES2,502,416.20	$12,000.00 SLL251,634,000	-37.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.74 KES1,778.12	$10.75 SLL225,422	-21.7%
Average			-22.2%

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of transportation

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pay 5.9 times more for housing

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.35 KES4,834.47	$100.00 SLL2,096,950	+167.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$194.00 KES25,113.52	$1,321.25 SLL27,705,952	+581.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$131.26 KES16,990.97	$1,261.67 SLL26,456,519	+861.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$24.47 KES3,167.26	$110.40 SLL2,314,990	+351.2%
Average			+490.3%

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$172.28 KES22,301.68	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,439.34 KES963,022.59	??

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pay 7.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.03 KES262.67	$1.50 SLL31,454	-26.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.28 KES294.98	$1.74 SLL36,435	-23.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.80 KES362.51	$3.00 SLL62,908	+7.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$29.27 KES3,788.44	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	+70.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.10 KES790.23	??
Average			+7.0%

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 17.4% less for clothing

	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$12.46 KES1,612.32	$10.00 SLL209,695	-19.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.02 KES2,592.06	$8.00 SLL167,756	-60.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$34.44 KES4,457.72	$20.00 SLL419,390	-41.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$32.93 KES4,262.80	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	+51.8%
Average			-17.4%

Kenya vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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