Prices and Exchange Rates in Freetown
Updated 12 June 2008
   
Rice (cup) Le 800
Rice (half bag) Le 65,000
Rice (bag) Le 130,000
   
Palm Oil (pint) Le 1,300
Palm Oil (five gallons) Le 78,000
Groundnut Oil (gallon, imported) Le 35,000
Groundnut Oil (five gallons) Le 112,000
Groundnut Oil (two gallons) Le 60,000
Groundnut Oil (pint) Le 2,200
   
Fuel (petrol, diesel, kerosene) Le 16,500
Kerosene (pint) Le 1,800
   
Local taxi or poda-poda Le 1,000
Ferry (Lungi-Freetown) Le 2,000; First Class Le 5,000
Hovercraft (Lungi-Freetown) Adult $60; Child $40.
   
Exchange rate - US dollar Le 2990 to Le 2995 / $1.00
Local Tax Le 5,000