Glasgow vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Glasgow	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2011	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4929	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$2177	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3222	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	60
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	626K	246K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 10% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1806th and 2336th ($2011 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 1917th 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 1.6 months in Glasgow compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 24th and 299th 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	$18.9	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.1	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.4	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2489	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3920	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2776	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.84	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.3	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1078	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15092	$13378

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288

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