Louisville vs Sakai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Sakai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1127
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$2704
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$892
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$2113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	95
😀 Quality of life	88	80
🏙️ Population	246K	824K

The cost of living in Louisville is 63% more expensive than in Sakai. Cities ranked 2713th and 4967th ($1837 vs $1127) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 70th 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 101st best city to live in the United States vs Sakai ranked 17th in Japan, while ranked 333rd and 701st 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	$14.3	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$32.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$4.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$2.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$521
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$393
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$921
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$690
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$83.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$28.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$4437
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$2255
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$19.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$5.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$3.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$9.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$43.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$186
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$13407

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Sakai

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Takaishi	$1041
6.4 km or 4 mi	Matsubara	$1051
9.6 km or 6 mi	Izumiotsu	$1037
9.6 km or 6 mi	Osakasayama	$1036
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fujiidera	$1037
11 km or 6.7 mi	Izumi	$1047
11 km or 7 mi	Habikino	$1029
13 km or 7.9 mi	Yao	$1071
13 km or 8 mi	Tondabayashi	$1029
13 km or 8.3 mi	Kashiwara	$1025
14 km or 8.8 mi	Kawachinagano	$1029
14 km or 8.8 mi	Osaka	$1274
16 km or 9.7 mi	Kishiwada	$1049
17 km or 10 mi	Higashiosaka	$1084
18 km or 11 mi	Kaizuka	$1040
20 km or 12 mi	Sango	$996
20 km or 12 mi	Kashiba	$1005
20 km or 12 mi	Amagasaki	$1078
20 km or 13 mi	Moriguchi	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Daito	$1031
21 km or 13 mi	Kadoma	$1057
21 km or 13 mi	Oji	$994
21 km or 13 mi	Kanmaki	$999
22 km or 14 mi	Kumatori	$1045
22 km or 14 mi	Suita	$1162
23 km or 14 mi	Izumisano	$1044
23 km or 14 mi	Nishinomiya	$1093
24 km or 15 mi	Ikaruga	$981
24 km or 15 mi	Yamatotakada	$1004
24 km or 15 mi	Katsuragi	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Shijonawate	$1016
24 km or 15 mi	Toyonaka	$1061
24 km or 15 mi	Ikoma	$979
24 km or 15 mi	Ashiya	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	Settsu	$1046
25 km or 15 mi	Koryo	$996
25 km or 16 mi	Itami	$1041
26 km or 16 mi	Neyagawa	$1037
26 km or 16 mi	Gose	$1008
28 km or 18 mi	Ikeda	$1029