Louisville vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1570
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$3820
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$773
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$2651
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	87	89
🏙️ Population	246K	521K

The cost of living in Louisville is 16% more expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 2336th and 3152nd ($1821 vs $1570) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 34th in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.7 months in Lyon. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 299th and 195th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Lyon

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	Louisville	Lyon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$62
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$6.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$563
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1107
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$4049
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$22.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$6.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$95.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$584
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$10816

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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

Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457