Louisville vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1257
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$588
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$455
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$1619
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	60	94
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	246K	2.44M

The cost of living in Louisville is 46% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 2713th and 4661st ($1837 vs $1257) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 1st 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 333rd and 266th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Taipei

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	Louisville	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$6.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$45.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$1285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$827
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$45.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$70.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$26.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	2.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$13965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$8309
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$19.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$3.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$34.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$63.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$644
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$18442

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$997
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$941
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$796
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$882
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$937
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$709
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$957
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$888
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$879
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$889
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$910
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$656
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$668
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$910
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$654
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$634
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$630
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$705
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$903
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$763
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$723
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$682
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$697
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$634
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$698
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$610
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$598
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$667
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$617
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$665
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$465
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$602