Guangzhou vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guangzhou	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$333	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$850	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.2	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$4332
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	97	61
😀 Quality of life	75	87
🏙️ Population	18.7M	246K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 59% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6602nd and 2276th ($763 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 1806th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 1036th and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Louisville

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	Guangzhou	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.58	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10222	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4345	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.1	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.15	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.76	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.4	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.06	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.2	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15919	$13601

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954