Louisville vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$4047
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$831
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$1426
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$3043
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	92
😀 Quality of life	89	91
🏙️ Population	246K	521K

The cost of living in Louisville is 9% more expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 2519th and 3152nd ($1847 vs $1693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 43rd 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 89th best city to live in the United States vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 281st and 177th 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	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$7.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$3.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$865
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$610
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$1579
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1080
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$6698
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$4048
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$83.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$24.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$6.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$4.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$29.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$11987

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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

Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1638
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1239
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1383
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1556
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1582
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1406
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1300
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1525
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1727
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3358
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$3316
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$3317
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3382
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3577
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1365
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1253
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1536
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1148
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3694
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1472
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1968
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$3040
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$3069
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1483
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3399
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$3123
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1569
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1257
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1427
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1662
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2998
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1498
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$2397
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2732
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2755
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2567
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1340
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1438
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1582
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2956