Louisville vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	52
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	246K	791K

The cost of living in Louisville is 83% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2519th and 5515th ($1847 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 404th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 281st and 3269th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Louisville	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$14992

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001