Accra vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Accra	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$927	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$343	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$573	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$177	$4016
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	60
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	1.78M	246K

The cost of living in Accra is 50% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6110th and 2604th ($927 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1876th 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 102nd in the United States, while ranked 6218th and 326th 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	$6.83	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.7	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.44	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.32	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$843	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.4	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.9	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.4	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.75%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3284	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1835	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.69	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.62	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.52	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.85	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.1	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.5	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.3	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$36.7	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$98.7	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9381	$16070

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Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$697
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$583
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$762
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$500
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$759
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$665
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$714
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$727
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$745
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$606
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$596
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$830
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$656
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$1049
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1037
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$654
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$656
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$946
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1185
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$995
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$666
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$1043
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$661
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$1044
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$658
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$639
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$670
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$1067
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$575
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1044
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$1100
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$518
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$488
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$1062
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$863
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$627
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$786

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035