Louisville vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$2236
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$4945
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$2038
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$603
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$3150
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	50
😀 Quality of life	87	89
🏙️ Population	246K	1.02M

The cost of living in Louisville is 17% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 2276th and 1290th ($1862 vs $2236) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 23rd in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.4 months in Ottawa. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 251st and 167th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Ottawa

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	Louisville	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$74.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$5.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$1288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$2131
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$1732
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$53.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$5242
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$4784
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$94.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$2.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$4.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$44.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$1037
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$20100

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1542
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2336
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1677
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$2004
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1828
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1897
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1799
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1791
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1912
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1996
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1686
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1861
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1954
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1821
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1927
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1896
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2057
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1878
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1823
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1845
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884