Louisville vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	94
😀 Quality of life	87	86
🏙️ Population	246K	4.04M

The cost of living in Louisville is 70% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2336th and 5000th ($1821 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 1.5 months in New Taipei. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 299th and 302nd 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	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581