Louisville vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	60	24
😀 Quality of life	89	44
🏙️ Population	246K	7.82M

The cost of living in Louisville is 209% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2519th and 7835th ($1847 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 281st and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Louisville	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$17107

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517