Louisville vs Sakai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Sakai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1115
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$2696
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$522
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$892
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$367
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$2108
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	95
😀 Quality of life	89	82
🏙️ Population	246K	824K

The cost of living in Louisville is 66% more expensive than in Sakai. Cities ranked 2519th and 4919th ($1847 vs $1115) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 67th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.9 months in Sakai. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Sakai ranked 15th in Japan, while ranked 281st and 639th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sakai

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	Louisville	Sakai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$6.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$2.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$1005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$80.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$28.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$3852
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$2557
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$9.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$54.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$43.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$65.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$13511

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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 Sakai

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Takaishi	$1045
6.4 km or 4 mi	Matsubara	$1053
9.6 km or 6 mi	Izumiotsu	$1045
9.6 km or 6 mi	Osakasayama	$1044
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fujiidera	$1045
11 km or 6.7 mi	Izumi	$1062
11 km or 7 mi	Habikino	$1044
13 km or 7.9 mi	Yao	$1079
13 km or 8 mi	Tondabayashi	$1037
13 km or 8.3 mi	Kashiwara	$1041
14 km or 8.8 mi	Kawachinagano	$1041
14 km or 8.8 mi	Osaka	$1237
16 km or 9.7 mi	Kishiwada	$1064
17 km or 10 mi	Higashiosaka	$1100
18 km or 11 mi	Kaizuka	$1055
20 km or 12 mi	Sango	$1010
20 km or 12 mi	Kashiba	$1025
20 km or 12 mi	Amagasaki	$1097
20 km or 13 mi	Moriguchi	$1118
21 km or 13 mi	Daito	$1060
21 km or 13 mi	Kadoma	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Oji	$1012
21 km or 13 mi	Kanmaki	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Kumatori	$1058
22 km or 14 mi	Suita	$1277
23 km or 14 mi	Izumisano	$1063
23 km or 14 mi	Nishinomiya	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Ikaruga	$992
24 km or 15 mi	Yamatotakada	$1021
24 km or 15 mi	Katsuragi	$1024
24 km or 15 mi	Shijonawate	$1057
24 km or 15 mi	Toyonaka	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Ikoma	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Ashiya	$1033
24 km or 15 mi	Settsu	$1133
25 km or 15 mi	Koryo	$1015
25 km or 16 mi	Itami	$1055
26 km or 16 mi	Neyagawa	$1088
26 km or 16 mi	Gose	$1025
28 km or 18 mi	Ikeda	$1046