Louisville vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	60	82
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	246K	5.65M

The cost of living in Louisville is 90% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 2519th and 5813th ($1847 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 4th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 281st and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Saint Petersburg

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	Louisville	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566