Louisville vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$1905
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	100
😀 Quality of life	87	79
🏙️ Population	246K	24.9M

The cost of living in Louisville is 64% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2276th and 4780th ($1862 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 6th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 251st and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Shanghai

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	Louisville	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$31401

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774