Louisville vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$4604
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$1208
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$1789
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$4089
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	81
😀 Quality of life	88	91
🏙️ Population	246K	1.43M

The cost of living in Louisville is 11% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 2713th and 1874th ($1837 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 1483rd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Ranked 101st vs 42nd best cities to live in the United States, and 333rd vs 170th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs San Antonio

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	Louisville	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$5.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$1308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$1847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$1394
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$75.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	6.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$4289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$1889
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$37.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$4.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$8.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$96.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$1248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$17470

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2175
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2200
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2237
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2165
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2444
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2187
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2125
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2226
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1991
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2029
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1009
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1706
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2153
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1883
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2016
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1736
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1017
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$802
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$2000
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1913
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2285
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2094
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2762
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2112
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2112
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1836
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2150
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2150