Louisville vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$2020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$1938
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$2219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	91
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	246K	2.75M

The cost of living in Louisville is 9% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2519th and 1942nd ($1847 vs $2020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th 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 89th best city to live in the United States vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 281st and 292nd 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	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$5.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$865
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$2374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$8120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$3992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$7.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$84.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$10916

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323