Louisville vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1355
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	84
😀 Quality of life	87	81
🏙️ Population	246K	3.03M

The cost of living in Louisville is 104% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 2336th and 6071st ($1821 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 6th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 299th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Taichung

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	Louisville	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671