Louisville vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$3493
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	94
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	246K	664K

The cost of living in Louisville is 23% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 2336th and 1038th ($1821 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 3rd in the United States and the Netherlands, respectively. Check the United States vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 299th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Rotterdam

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	Louisville	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514