La Paz vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	La Paz	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$681	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$289	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$464	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.1	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	33	60
😀 Quality of life	52	89
🏙️ Population	756K	246K

The cost of living in La Paz is 63% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7220th and 2519th ($681 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1889th in Bolivia and the United States, respectively. Check Bolivia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in La Paz compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 6482nd and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Louisville

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	La Paz	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.19	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.97%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$774	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.7	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.43	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.75	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2846	$15931

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$675
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$634
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$563
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$565
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$594
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$562
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$445
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$654
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$624
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$780
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$627
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$509
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$609
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$908
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$681
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$809
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$655
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$560
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$659
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$730
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$763
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$654
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$990
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$656
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$732
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$589
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$638
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$562
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$604
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$598
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$616
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$676
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$636
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$533
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$841
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$662
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1040
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$838
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$613

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017