Hefei vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	60
😀 Quality of life	66	87
🏙️ Population	9.37M	246K

The cost of living in Hefei is 66% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7405th and 2336th ($625 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 3963rd and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Louisville

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	Hefei	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$13378

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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