Louisville vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$336
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	20
😀 Quality of life	87	45
🏙️ Population	246K	1.29M

The cost of living in Louisville is 292% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 2336th and 8801st ($1821 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 78th best city to live in the United States vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 299th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tripoli

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	Louisville	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058