Louisville vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$264
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	96
😀 Quality of life	87	60
🏙️ Population	246K	8.69M

The cost of living in Louisville is 131% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 2336th and 6486th ($1821 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 4th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 299th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tehran

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	Louisville	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510