Louisville vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	87	89
🏙️ Population	246K	1.4M

The cost of living in Louisville is 3% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2604th and 2377th ($1847 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 1st in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 326th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Prague

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	Louisville	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$19039

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340