Guadalajara vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guadalajara	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1241	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2983	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$607	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$1060	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$750	$3958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	60
😀 Quality of life	62	88
🏙️ Population	1.39M	246K

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 32% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4689th and 2713th ($1241 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1895th 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 101st in the United States, while ranked 5768th and 333rd 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	$11.6	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$776	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.2	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.5	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3091	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2058	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.5	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11768	$16074

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011