Louisville vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1644
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	87	78
🏙️ Population	246K	24.9M

The cost of living in Louisville is 66% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2336th and 4858th ($1821 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 299th and 675th 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	$14.7	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746