Louisville vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$3299
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	91
😀 Quality of life	87	92
🏙️ Population	246K	548K

The cost of living in Louisville is 13% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2276th and 1500th ($1862 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 53rd in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Manchester. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 251st and 76th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Manchester

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	Louisville	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$17390

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761