Louisville vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	20
😀 Quality of life	89	49
🏙️ Population	246K	1.29M

The cost of living in Louisville is 306% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 2519th and 8852nd ($1847 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 1st in the United States and Libya, respectively. Check the United States vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 281st and 6694th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Louisville	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$919

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161