Louisville vs Tirana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tirana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2462
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$807
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$698
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	45
😀 Quality of life	87	67
🏙️ Population	246K	418K

The cost of living in Louisville is 79% more expensive than in Tirana. Cities ranked 2336th and 5400th ($1821 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 1st in the United States and Albania, respectively. Check the United States vs Albania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.7 months in Tirana. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Tirana ranked 1st in Albania, while ranked 299th and 3525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tirana

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	Louisville	Tirana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$9.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$45.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1004
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$68.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	5.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$3096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$2.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$8.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$5391

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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 Tirana

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Kamez	$935
30 km or 19 mi	Durres	$772
33 km or 20 mi	Elbasan	$639
70 km or 44 mi	Berat	$749
72 km or 45 mi	Fier	$614
83 km or 52 mi	Ulcinj	$965
85 km or 53 mi	Ohrid	$636
86 km or 54 mi	Shkoder	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Vlore	$746
104 km or 65 mi	Bar	$972
112 km or 70 mi	Korce	$765
122 km or 76 mi	Tetovo	$682
131 km or 81 mi	Bitola	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Podgorica	$975
133 km or 83 mi	Budva	$1117
140 km or 87 mi	Cetinje	$816
141 km or 88 mi	Plav	$1030
145 km or 90 mi	Prilep	$537
150 km or 93 mi	Kotor	$1150
152 km or 95 mi	Skopje	$772
162 km or 100 mi	Sarande	$987
168 km or 105 mi	Veles	$545
169 km or 105 mi	Berane	$1070
175 km or 109 mi	Brindisi	$1164
176 km or 110 mi	Lecce	$1182
181 km or 112 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
181 km or 113 mi	Kumanovo	$588
182 km or 113 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
183 km or 114 mi	Kavadarci	$556
186 km or 115 mi	Pristina	$595
190 km or 118 mi	Corfu	$1056
192 km or 119 mi	Cavtat	$1187
193 km or 120 mi	Mitrovica	$463
199 km or 124 mi	Ostuni	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	Kozani	$943
202 km or 126 mi	Stip	$561
203 km or 126 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
205 km or 127 mi	Ioannina	$930
210 km or 131 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
219 km or 136 mi	Veria	$1027