Louisville vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$1044
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	61	70
😀 Quality of life	87	67
🏙️ Population	246K	12.7M

The cost of living in Louisville is 83% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2276th and 5553rd ($1862 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 9th 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 1 months in Suzhou. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 251st and 3798th 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	$15.4	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$26560

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645