Louisville vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$4202
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$852
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$1475
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$3220
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	92
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	246K	519K

The cost of living in Louisville is 4% more expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 2713th and 3001st ($1837 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 42nd 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 1.8 months in Lyon. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Lyon ranked 4th in France, while ranked 333rd and 221st 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	$14.3	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$13.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$7.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$874
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$1564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$1118
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$31.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$7010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$4172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$87.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$23.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$22.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$4.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$661
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$12190

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1687
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1269
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1419
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1584
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1619
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1392
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1331
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1581
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1876
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3501
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$3431
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$3436
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3507
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3731
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1397
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1256
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1556
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1172
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3833
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1508
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$2014
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$3277
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$3299
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1521
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3524
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$3222
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1635
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1295
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1488
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1694
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$3150
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1542
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$2465
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2823
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2874
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2654
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1435
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1479
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1652
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2997