Ljubljana vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ljubljana	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1468	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3437	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$859	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.4	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1669	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	40	60
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	284K	246K

The cost of living in Ljubljana is 19% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 3558th and 2336th ($1468 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1917th in Slovenia and the United States, respectively. Check Slovenia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ljubljana compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ljubljana ranked 1st best city to live in Slovenia vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 615th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ljubljana vs Louisville

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	Ljubljana	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.19	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$643	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1572	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1151	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.2	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5385	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4113	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.54	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.46	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.36	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.76	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.88	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.4	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12510	$13378

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Cities near Ljubljana

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Kranj	$1261
57 km or 36 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
58 km or 36 mi	Velenje	$1157
61 km or 38 mi	Celje	$1116
65 km or 40 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
68 km or 42 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
70 km or 44 mi	Gorizia	$1223
72 km or 45 mi	Trieste	$1421
80 km or 50 mi	Rijeka	$1152
82 km or 51 mi	Villach	$1582
87 km or 54 mi	Izola	$1263
91 km or 57 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
94 km or 58 mi	Piran	$1247
99 km or 62 mi	Udine	$1307
102 km or 63 mi	Karlovac	$912
102 km or 64 mi	Maribor	$1082
114 km or 71 mi	Zagreb	$1253
126 km or 78 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
133 km or 83 mi	Graz	$1594
142 km or 88 mi	Pula	$941
143 km or 89 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
144 km or 89 mi	Pordenone	$1272
155 km or 96 mi	Leoben	$1263
158 km or 98 mi	San Dona di Piave	$1403
165 km or 103 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
173 km or 107 mi	Bihac	$556
178 km or 110 mi	Belluno	$1284
180 km or 112 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
181 km or 113 mi	Treviso	$1502
183 km or 113 mi	Venice	$1522
187 km or 116 mi	Mestre	$1450
196 km or 122 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
197 km or 122 mi	Mirano	$1375
199 km or 124 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
208 km or 129 mi	Szombathely	$701
208 km or 130 mi	Prijedor	$659
210 km or 131 mi	Hallein	$1692
217 km or 135 mi	Padua	$1581
220 km or 137 mi	Sanski Most	$558
222 km or 138 mi	Zadar	$1122

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