Fortaleza vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Fortaleza	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$824	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1889	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$366	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$522	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.9	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$4016
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	60
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	2.58M	246K

The cost of living in Fortaleza is 55% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6658th and 2604th ($824 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd 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 0.6 months in Fortaleza compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Fortaleza ranked 22nd best city to live in Brazil vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 5446th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Fortaleza	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.45	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.46	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$562	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$340	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.6	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.39%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1742	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.45	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.53	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.21	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.72	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$191	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2898	$16070

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Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$768
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$693
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$547
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$718
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$707
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$709
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$716
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$817
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$610
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$747
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$667
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$650
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$648
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$697
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$664
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$718
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$640
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$614
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$621
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$617
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$597
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$619
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$592
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$581
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$678
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$641
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$602
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$820
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$623
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$598
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$636
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$649
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$611
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$705
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$605
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$460
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$684
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$615

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