Louisville vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$2415
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$5363
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$2259
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$3517
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	86
😀 Quality of life	87	94
🏙️ Population	246K	2.79M

The cost of living in Louisville is 24% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 2604th and 1059th ($1847 vs $2415) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 6th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.5 months in Toronto. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 326th and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Toronto

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	Louisville	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$78.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$1469
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$2469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$8879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$6979
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$3.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$73.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$89.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$930
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$22670

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2233
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2308
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2172
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2102
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2318
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2124
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2006
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1892
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2017
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2078
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2081
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2049
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1449
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1832
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2138
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2109
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1936
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2303
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2123
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2181
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2125
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1953
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1863
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1706
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2046
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2035
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2053