Louisville vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$3146
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	99
😀 Quality of life	87	95
🏙️ Population	246K	2.15M

The cost of living in Louisville is 20% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2336th and 1222nd ($1821 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 299th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Paris

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	Louisville	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293