Guadalajara vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guadalajara	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1017	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2509	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$480	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	60
😀 Quality of life	57	87
🏙️ Population	1.46M	246K

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 44% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5385th and 2336th ($1017 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1917th 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 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 5625th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Louisville

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	Guadalajara	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.83	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$573	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1233	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2393	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1599	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.6	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5853	$13378

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214

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