Louisville vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$216
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	87	50
🏙️ Population	246K	3M

The cost of living in Louisville is 259% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 2336th and 8574th ($1821 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 84th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 299th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Mashhad

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	Louisville	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788