Louisville vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$1938
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$462
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	60	53
😀 Quality of life	88	71
🏙️ Population	246K	9.4M

The cost of living in Louisville is 174% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 2713th and 7431st ($1837 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 80th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.3 months in Ningbo. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Ningbo ranked 26th in China, while ranked 333rd and 3738th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Ningbo

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	Louisville	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$7.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$4479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$2802
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$4.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$21.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$4.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$66.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$693
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$15051

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$584
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$680
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$594
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$860
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1126
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1002
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$667
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$643
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$669
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$598
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$644
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$683
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$697
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$763
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$620
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$684
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$652
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$557
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$705
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$650
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$644
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$652
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$623
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$636
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$617
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$646
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$604
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$611
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$628
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$647
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$626
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$525