Louisville vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1646
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	60	42
😀 Quality of life	87	54
🏙️ Population	246K	2.43M

The cost of living in Louisville is 86% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 2336th and 5632nd ($1821 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 8th 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 1.7 months in Mecca. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 299th and 5982nd 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	$14.7	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$4682

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507