Louisville vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1271
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$619
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$3571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	95
😀 Quality of life	89	96
🏙️ Population	246K	985K

The cost of living in Louisville is 20% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 2519th and 1273rd ($1847 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 1st in the United States and Sweden, respectively. Check the United States vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Stockholm. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 281st and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Louisville vs Stockholm infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/louisville/stockholm.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Louisville vs Stockholm infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/louisville/stockholm" target="_blank">Louisville vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Louisville vs Stockholm

Prices for goods and services in Louisville and Stockholm are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Louisville	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$7.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$5.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$2670
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$11690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$6502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$4.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$8.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$33.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$15313

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482