Louisville vs Tokyo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tokyo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4239
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$789
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1714
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$423
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$282
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$2474
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	87	99
🏙️ Population	246K	14.3M

The cost of living in Louisville is 13% more expensive than in Tokyo. Cities ranked 2336th and 3019th ($1821 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 3rd in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Tokyo. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Tokyo ranked 1st in Japan, while ranked 299th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tokyo

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	Louisville	Tokyo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$42.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$3.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1018
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$562
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$10251
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$5162
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$58.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$63.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$54.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$65.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$15235

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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 Tokyo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Musashino	$1136
12 km or 7.4 mi	Komae	$1124
12 km or 7.5 mi	Mitaka	$1150
13 km or 8 mi	Wako	$1098
13 km or 8.4 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
14 km or 8.5 mi	Hirai	$1089
14 km or 8.9 mi	Toda	$1041
14 km or 8.9 mi	Chofu	$1138
14 km or 9 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
15 km or 9.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
15 km or 9.4 mi	Warabi	$1033
16 km or 10 mi	Niiza	$1107
17 km or 10 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
17 km or 11 mi	Koganei	$1103
18 km or 11 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
18 km or 11 mi	Inagi	$1084
18 km or 11 mi	Soka	$1104
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
19 km or 12 mi	Shiki	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1099
20 km or 12 mi	Fuchu	$1122
20 km or 12 mi	Saitama	$1196
20 km or 12 mi	Kodaira	$1124
20 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
21 km or 13 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
22 km or 14 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
22 km or 14 mi	Matsudo	$1164
23 km or 14 mi	Misato	$1071
23 km or 14 mi	Fujimi	$1084
23 km or 14 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
23 km or 14 mi	Tama	$1065
24 km or 15 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
24 km or 15 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
25 km or 15 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
25 km or 15 mi	Higashiyamato	$1103
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
26 km or 16 mi	Fujimino	$1101