Louisville vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1362
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	60	73
😀 Quality of life	87	81
🏙️ Population	246K	1.87M

The cost of living in Louisville is 124% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 2336th and 6380th ($1821 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 10th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 299th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tainan

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	Louisville	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682