Louisville vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$1789
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	61	95
😀 Quality of life	87	86
🏙️ Population	246K	2.6M

The cost of living in Louisville is 61% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 2276th and 4715th ($1862 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th 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 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 251st and 311th 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	$15.4	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$18424

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605