Changsha vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$190	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$3986
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	68	87
🏙️ Population	10M	246K

The cost of living in Changsha is 68% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7932nd and 2336th ($577 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 1917th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 3100th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Louisville

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	Changsha	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$13378

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

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