Chiba vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chiba	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3346	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$548	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2264	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	60
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	975K	246K

The cost of living in Chiba is 30% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4299th and 2336th ($1267 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1917th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chiba compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Chiba ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 625th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Louisville

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	Chiba	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.2	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5609	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4004	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.8	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.4	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$545	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15302	$13378

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1129
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1134
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1231
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1099
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1060
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1067
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1059
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1085
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1058
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1089
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1164
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1055
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1070
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1071
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1071
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1047
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1104
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1066
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1077
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1051

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