Louisville vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	99
😀 Quality of life	87	76
🏙️ Population	246K	24.9M

The cost of living in Louisville is 61% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2604th and 4880th ($1847 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 5th 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 0.9 months in Shanghai. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 326th and 1178th 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	$14.2	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$27610

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789