La Paz vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	La Paz	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1656	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$304	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	33	60
😀 Quality of life	46	87
🏙️ Population	756K	246K

The cost of living in La Paz is 62% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6947th and 2336th ($688 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1917th 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 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 6481st and 299th 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	$4.01	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$421	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.98%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1230	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.8	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.51	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.5	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3313	$13378

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$673
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$520
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$535
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$547
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$538
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$414
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$748
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$588
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$774
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$666
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$923
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$626
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$780
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$591
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$630
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$673
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$735
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$598
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$804
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$656
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$562
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$575
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$614
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$577
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$1121
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$606
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$977
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$790
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580

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