Louisville vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$3371
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	95
😀 Quality of life	87	95
🏙️ Population	246K	985K

The cost of living in Louisville is 11% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 2336th and 1732nd ($1821 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 1.7 months in Stockholm. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 299th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Stockholm

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	Louisville	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$5804

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331