Chengdu vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chengdu	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$240	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$3986
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	60
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	20.9M	246K

The cost of living in Chengdu is 66% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7421st and 2336th ($623 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 164th 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 Chengdu compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Chengdu ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 1890th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Louisville

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	Chengdu	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.5	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.34%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3812	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2020	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$305	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11550	$13378

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574

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