Louisville vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$2923
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	91
😀 Quality of life	87	92
🏙️ Population	246K	548K

The cost of living in Louisville is 12% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2336th and 1662nd ($1821 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 46th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 299th and 85th 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	$14.7	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681