Lome vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lome	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$835	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1928	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$320	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$486	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$316	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$3987
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	16	60
😀 Quality of life	23	89
🏙️ Population	2.19M	246K

The cost of living in Lome is 55% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6522nd and 2519th ($835 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1889th in Togo and the United States, respectively. Check Togo vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lome compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Lome ranked 1st best city to live in Togo vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 9029th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lome vs Louisville

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	Lome	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.28	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.35	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.39	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$301	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$544	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.99%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1269	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$473	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.4	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.24	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.04	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.06	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.5	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.65	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.6	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.44	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.21	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.7	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$93.1	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3507	$15931

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Cities near Lome

Distance	City	Cost of living
99 km or 61 mi	Ho	$417
109 km or 68 mi	Kpalime	$684
135 km or 84 mi	Cotonou	$793
140 km or 87 mi	Hohoe	$652
145 km or 90 mi	Abomey	$598
147 km or 91 mi	Tema	$600
147 km or 91 mi	Ashaiman	$630
155 km or 97 mi	Atakpame	$699
159 km or 99 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
165 km or 102 mi	Koforidua	$668
167 km or 104 mi	Accra	$822
243 km or 151 mi	Lagos	$1102
253 km or 157 mi	Save	$646
261 km or 162 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
272 km or 169 mi	Sotouboua	$703
317 km or 197 mi	Sokode	$705
320 km or 199 mi	Kumasi	$532
321 km or 200 mi	Obuasi	$631
329 km or 204 mi	Ibadan	$752
354 km or 220 mi	Oyo	$664
357 km or 222 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
380 km or 236 mi	Kara	$712
398 km or 247 mi	Ife	$778
411 km or 256 mi	Osogbo	$705
430 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$576
452 km or 281 mi	Ilorin	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Akure	$644
471 km or 293 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
486 km or 302 mi	Benin	$632
496 km or 308 mi	Owo	$664
505 km or 314 mi	Warri	$926
526 km or 327 mi	Abengourou	$1066
558 km or 347 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
587 km or 365 mi	Abidjan	$1224
602 km or 374 mi	Agboville	$1057
615 km or 382 mi	Onitsha	$1051
626 km or 389 mi	Dabou	$1057
646 km or 401 mi	Awka	$878
647 km or 402 mi	Owerri	$1774
658 km or 409 mi	Port Harcourt	$676

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