Louisville vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$574
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	44
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	246K	1.13M

The cost of living in Louisville is 96% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 2336th and 5898th ($1821 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 3rd in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 299th and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Santo Domingo

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	Louisville	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$7607

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521