Louisville vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	94
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	246K	4.04M

The cost of living in Louisville is 63% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2519th and 4867th ($1847 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 2nd in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 281st and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs New Taipei

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	Louisville	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589