Louisville vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Louisville	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1918	$2170
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4639	$4837
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$1980	$1943
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$586
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4464	$2926
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	50
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	633K	1.02M

The cost of living in Louisville is 12% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 1984th and 1355th ($1918 vs $2170) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1684th and 25th 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 1.3 months in Ottawa. Louisville ranked 33rd best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 164th and 117th 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	$16.5	$18.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$79.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.34	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1115	$1239
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$1064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$2077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1652	$1607
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$119
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$57.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	7.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3397	$8889
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3039	$6051
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.9	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$3.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$12.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.42	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$60.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.4	$62.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$1090
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13578	$21213

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1530
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2220
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1539
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1878
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2014
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1797
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1894
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1757
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1827
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1845
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1808
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1808
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1846
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1813
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1835
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1412
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1856
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1846
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1874
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1746
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1808
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1888
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1821
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1772
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1912
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1962
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1949
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2105
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1882
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1783
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1835
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874