Louisville vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1107
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$2620
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$791
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$1156
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	60	41
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	246K	2.43M

The cost of living in Louisville is 66% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 2713th and 5028th ($1837 vs $1107) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 4th in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1 months in Mecca. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 333rd and 6123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Mecca

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	Louisville	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$4.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$7.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$509
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$699
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$69.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$1701
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$1402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$99.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$3.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$6.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$25.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$4.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$62.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$4622

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1209
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$906
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$964
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1168
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$795
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$893
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$902
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$815
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$865
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$942
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$498
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$491
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$497
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$931
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$531
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$775
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$498
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1104
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$931
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$369
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1632
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$551
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$492
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1074
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$385
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$810
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$491
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$354
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$448
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$494
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$360
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$790
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$504
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$776
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$479
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$514