Louisville vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$559
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	60	22
😀 Quality of life	87	21
🏙️ Population	246K	2.45M

The cost of living in Louisville is 110% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 2336th and 6195th ($1821 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 1st in the United States and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check the United States vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 299th and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Ouagadougou

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	Louisville	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$15761

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

Cities near Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882