Louisville vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	246K	1.4M

The cost of living in Louisville is 4% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2519th and 2821st ($1847 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 281st and 277th 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	$14.7	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284