Accra vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Accra	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$822	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2020	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$297	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$491	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$164	$3987
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	60
😀 Quality of life	56	89
🏙️ Population	1.78M	246K

The cost of living in Accra is 55% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6574th and 2519th ($822 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1889th in Ghana and the United States, respectively. Check Ghana vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Accra compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Accra ranked 1st best city to live in Ghana vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 6206th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Accra vs Louisville

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	Accra	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.05	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.2	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.89	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.8	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$835	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.6	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.2	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.1	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	27%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2513	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.19	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.7	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.4	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.8	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.01	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.4	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$14	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$28.1	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.8	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7142	$15931

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Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$630
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$600
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$668
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$417
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$835
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$684
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$631
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$652
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$532
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$699
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$598
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$793
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$703
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$1066
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$646
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$705
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$1102
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1224
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$576
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$1057
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$712
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$1057
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$752
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$664
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$778
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$1083
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$705
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$1123
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$526
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$644
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$846
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$632
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$926

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017