Hangzhou vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hangzhou	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$805	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2398	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$369	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$751	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	60
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	11.9M	246K

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 56% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6419th and 2336th ($805 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1917th 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 1.5 months in Hangzhou compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Hangzhou ranked 10th best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 1916th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hangzhou vs Louisville

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	Hangzhou	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.6	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.86	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8089	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4179	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.71	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.99	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$441	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31296	$13378

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746

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