Louisville vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$1750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$4293
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$1885
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	61	92
😀 Quality of life	87	86
🏙️ Population	246K	2.75M

The cost of living in Louisville is 6% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2276th and 2722nd ($1862 vs $1750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 2nd in the United States and Italy, respectively. Check the United States vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 251st and 294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Rome

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	Louisville	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$5.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$7363
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$38.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$4.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$7.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$70.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$513
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$10781

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262