Curitiba vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Curitiba	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$874	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2192	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$365	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$610	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$643	$4016
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	61	60
😀 Quality of life	66	87
🏙️ Population	1.77M	246K

The cost of living in Curitiba is 53% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6406th and 2604th ($874 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1876th in Brazil and the United States, respectively. Check Brazil vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Curitiba compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Curitiba ranked 9th best city to live in Brazil vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 4836th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Louisville

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	Curitiba	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.6	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.2	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$442	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$733	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.9	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.3	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.21%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2310	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1675	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.17	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.9	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.41	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.45	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.9	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8836	$16070

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$727
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$754
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$689
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$566
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$646
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$787
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$714
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$718
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$781
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$801
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$728
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$702
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$762
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$758
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$753
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$596
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$685
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$1035
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$657
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$653
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$694
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$694
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$719
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$720
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$601
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$728
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$682
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$645
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$733
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$753
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$634
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$848
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$619
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$761
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$699
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$610
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$670

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035