Louisville vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$3717
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	61	91
😀 Quality of life	87	94
🏙️ Population	246K	1.51M

The cost of living in Louisville is 20% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2276th and 1056th ($1862 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th 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 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 251st and 54th 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	$15.4	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$19483

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668