Louisville vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1842
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	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 2336th and 2624th ($1821 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 299th and 337th 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	$14.7	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$9864

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201