Guadalajara vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guadalajara	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1222	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2949	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$575	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$998	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$435	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$795	$4016
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	60
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	1.39M	246K

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 34% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4703rd and 2604th ($1222 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1876th in Mexico and the United States, respectively. Check Mexico vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Louisville ranked 102nd in the United States, while ranked 5440th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Guadalajara	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.87	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$783	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$447	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1440	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.63%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3299	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.96	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.62	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$272	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11283	$16070

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1349
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$993
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$814
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$869
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$760
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1005
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$895
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$941
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$932
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$968
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$959
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$920
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1211
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$874
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$962
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$961
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$660
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$905
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$935
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$817
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$864
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1255
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1069
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$764
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1085

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