Louisville vs Recife - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Recife
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$746
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$1937
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$427
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	54
😀 Quality of life	89	60
🏙️ Population	246K	1.49M

The cost of living in Louisville is 148% more expensive than in Recife. Cities ranked 2519th and 6884th ($1847 vs $746) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 29th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.6 months in Recife. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Recife ranked 20th in Brazil, while ranked 281st and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Recife

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	Louisville	Recife
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$384
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$606
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$53.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$1420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$37.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$2.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$54.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$16281

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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 Recife

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Olinda	$561
12 km or 7.2 mi	Camaragibe	$559
13 km or 7.8 mi	Paulista	$416
16 km or 10 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
47 km or 29 mi	Carpina	$579
56 km or 35 mi	Goiana	$575
108 km or 67 mi	Joao Pessoa	$726
123 km or 77 mi	Caruaru	$545
143 km or 89 mi	Campina Grande	$566
191 km or 119 mi	Rio Largo	$634
200 km or 124 mi	Garanhuns	$631
202 km or 126 mi	Maceio	$691
243 km or 151 mi	Arcoverde	$580
244 km or 152 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
254 km or 158 mi	Natal	$583
271 km or 168 mi	Arapiraca	$615
288 km or 179 mi	Patos	$563
302 km or 188 mi	Caico	$623
311 km or 193 mi	Penedo	$588
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
397 km or 247 mi	Aracaju	$555
419 km or 260 mi	Mossoro	$538
454 km or 282 mi	Estancia	$611
467 km or 290 mi	Salgueiro	$562
476 km or 296 mi	Ico	$590
487 km or 302 mi	Russas	$630
498 km or 309 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
503 km or 312 mi	Aracati	$639
507 km or 315 mi	Crato	$571
523 km or 325 mi	Iguatu	$591
571 km or 355 mi	Quixada	$644
597 km or 371 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
605 km or 376 mi	Serrinha	$600
628 km or 390 mi	Fortaleza	$758
636 km or 395 mi	Petrolina	$569
636 km or 395 mi	Juazeiro	$456
636 km or 395 mi	Caucaia	$713
639 km or 397 mi	Caninde	$637
641 km or 398 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544