Louisville vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	49
😀 Quality of life	88	71
🏙️ Population	246K	8.78M

The cost of living in Louisville is 190% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2713th and 7679th ($1837 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 137th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 333rd and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Quanzhou

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	Louisville	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$9536

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943