Louisville vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	60	90
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	246K	1.51M

The cost of living in Louisville is 25% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2519th and 920th ($1847 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 281st and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Munich

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	Louisville	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$14492

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730