Louisville vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	99
😀 Quality of life	89	97
🏙️ Population	246K	2.15M

The cost of living in Louisville is 27% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2519th and 843rd ($1847 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th 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 1.5 months in Paris. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 281st and 18th 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	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$15084

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488