Louisville vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$1621
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$466
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$206
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$75.2
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	37
😀 Quality of life	87	26
🏙️ Population	246K	1.48M

The cost of living in Louisville is 132% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 2604th and 6787th ($1847 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 5th in the United States and Nigeria, respectively. Check the United States vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Onitsha ranked 5th in Nigeria, while ranked 326th and 8900th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Louisville	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$2.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$18.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$397
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$581
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$18
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$27.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	16.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$927
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$4.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$1.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$4.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$2.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$78
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$6.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$9.45
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$14.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$44.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$1896

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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 Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$693
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1364
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$564
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$773
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$627
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$591
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$786
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$531
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$488
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$373
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$670
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$575
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1375
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$821
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$658
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1272
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$627
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$518
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$738
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$639
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$699
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$946
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$692
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$995
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1156
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$759
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$830
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$323
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$654
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$596
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$517
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$672
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1209
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$666
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$759
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$657