Louisville vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	60	65
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	246K	12.7M

The cost of living in Louisville is 135% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2713th and 6833rd ($1837 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 31st 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 333rd and 3150th 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	$14.3	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$17664

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623