Accra vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Accra	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$861	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$535	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$3958
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	60
😀 Quality of life	56	88
🏙️ Population	1.78M	246K

The cost of living in Accra is 53% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6525th and 2713th ($861 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1895th 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 101st in the United States, while ranked 6316th and 333rd 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	$5.97	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.4	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.01	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$838	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.9	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.9	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.53%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3872	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2147	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.9	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.38	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.33	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.3	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.47	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.95	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.4	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.27	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.5	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.3	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8185	$16074

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Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$654
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$607
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$703
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$454
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$802
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$678
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$664
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$683
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$684
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$562
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$673
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$612
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$796
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$741
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$673
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$1075
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1062
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$650
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$675
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$1022
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1198
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$1017
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$612
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$1066
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$682
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$1063
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$759
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$665
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$775
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$1092
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$659
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1060
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$1124
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$538
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$578
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$631
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$1079
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$862
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$655
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$878

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011