Kumamoto vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kumamoto	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$886	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2167	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$335	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1871	$4464
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	58	61
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	738K	633K

The cost of living in Kumamoto is 54% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6050th and 1984th ($886 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 832nd and 1684th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Kumamoto compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Kumamoto ranked 325th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 2098th and 164th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kumamoto vs Louisville

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	Kumamoto	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.32	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.92	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.88	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$181	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$377	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.3	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.3	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3332	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1979	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.1	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.55	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.2	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.43	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.07	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.9	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.6	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$291	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8419	$13578

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Cities near Kumamoto

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Mashiki	$860
13 km or 7.9 mi	Koshi	$860
13 km or 8.1 mi	Uto	$861
14 km or 8.6 mi	Kikuyo	$859
17 km or 11 mi	Uki	$862
18 km or 11 mi	Ozu	$864
19 km or 12 mi	Tamana	$865
23 km or 14 mi	Kikuchi	$866
24 km or 15 mi	Yamaga	$864
32 km or 20 mi	Yatsushiro	$875
32 km or 20 mi	Arao	$873
34 km or 21 mi	Shimabara	$885
35 km or 21 mi	Kami-Amakusa	$881
35 km or 22 mi	Omuta	$874
41 km or 25 mi	Minamishimabara	$893
43 km or 27 mi	Aso	$881
44 km or 28 mi	Miyama	$871
48 km or 30 mi	Yame	$867
48 km or 30 mi	Unzen	$911
49 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$874
49 km or 31 mi	Chikugo	$868
54 km or 34 mi	Okawa	$877
60 km or 37 mi	Kurume	$899
61 km or 38 mi	Isahaya	$931
61 km or 38 mi	Amakusa	$904
61 km or 38 mi	Ukiha	$877
62 km or 39 mi	Hita	$882
63 km or 39 mi	Miyaki	$873
64 km or 40 mi	Saga	$913
64 km or 40 mi	Kanzaki	$879
66 km or 41 mi	Kashima	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Hitoyoshi	$884
66 km or 41 mi	Shiroishi	$898
67 km or 41 mi	Tosu	$876
68 km or 42 mi	Ogori	$879
68 km or 42 mi	Taketa	$900
68 km or 42 mi	Ogi	$892
69 km or 43 mi	Asakura	$886
70 km or 43 mi	Ureshino	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Omura	$932

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988