Louisville vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	94
😀 Quality of life	87	90
🏙️ Population	246K	4.04M

The cost of living in Louisville is 64% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2604th and 4931st ($1847 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th 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 102nd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 326th and 183rd 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	$14.2	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$21429

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612