Louisville vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	246K	2.33M

The cost of living in Louisville is 108% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 2336th and 6171st ($1821 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 299th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Taoyuan

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	Louisville	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.49
☕ 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	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443