Baku vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baku	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$316	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	60
😀 Quality of life	60	87
🏙️ Population	2.3M	246K

The cost of living in Baku is 58% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6590th and 2336th ($766 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1917th in Azerbaijan and the United States, respectively. Check Azerbaijan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baku compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Baku ranked 1st best city to live in Azerbaijan vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 5270th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baku vs Louisville

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	Baku	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.9	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$409	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$936	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.1	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.09%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1010	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.5	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.69	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.82	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.25	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6252	$13378

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Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$707
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$634
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$676
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$608
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$627
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$618
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$618
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$607
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$827
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$481
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$967
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$622
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$961
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$534
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$535
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$552
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$658
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$576
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$553
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$767
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$660
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$466
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$813
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1094
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1016
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1199
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$573
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$697
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$618
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1081
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$419
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$833
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$608
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$557
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$458
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$990
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$645

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974