Amsterdam vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	96	89
🏙️ Population	921K	246K

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 69% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 143rd and 2519th ($3118 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1889th in the Netherlands and the United States, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 31st and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Louisville

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	Amsterdam	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$15931

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

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