Glasgow vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	60
😀 Quality of life	95	89
🏙️ Population	626K	246K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 11% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1833rd and 2519th ($2058 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 1889th in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 52nd and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Louisville

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	Glasgow	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$15931

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017