Louisville vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	94
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	246K	4.05M

The cost of living in Louisville is 66% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2713th and 5023rd ($1837 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th 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 101st best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 333rd and 252nd 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	$14.3	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$18576

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602