Auckland vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Auckland	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2205	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5084	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$2127	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$570	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$257	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3546	$4332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	32	61
😀 Quality of life	90	87
🏙️ Population	1.47M	246K

The cost of living in Auckland is 18% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1357th and 2276th ($2205 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1806th in New Zealand and the United States, respectively. Check New Zealand vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 150th and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Louisville

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	Auckland	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.6	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.73	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1074	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2370	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1834	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.82%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8724	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7526	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.18	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.72	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.7	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$82	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15290	$13601

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1848
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1939
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1671
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1531
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1791
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1274
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1569
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1573
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1403
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1654
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1205
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1334
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1844
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$2235
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1640
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1406
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1981
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1879
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1916
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$1928
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1463
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1359
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1755
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1700
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1693
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$961
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$963
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$921
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$898
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$901
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1833

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954