Louisville vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1922
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	37
😀 Quality of life	87	73
🏙️ Population	246K	6.44K

The cost of living in Louisville is 15% more expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 2336th and 3109th ($1821 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 3rd in the United States and Malta, respectively. Check the United States vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 299th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Valletta

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	Louisville	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348