Louisville vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Louisville	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1918	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4639	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$1980	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4464	$949
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	61	70
😀 Quality of life	89	68
🏙️ Population	633K	12.7M

The cost of living in Louisville is 88% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1984th and 5170th ($1918 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1684th and 11th 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 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 0.9 months in Suzhou. Louisville ranked 33rd best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 164th and 3722nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Suzhou

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	Louisville	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.34	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1115	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1652	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3397	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3039	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.9	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.42	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.4	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13578	$22097

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645