Louisville vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1487
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$3493
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$783
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$1306
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$1896
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	39
😀 Quality of life	87	78
🏙️ Population	246K	767K

The cost of living in Louisville is 24% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 2604th and 4035th ($1847 vs $1487) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 7th in the United States and Croatia, respectively. Check the United States vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 326th and 835th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Zagreb

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	Louisville	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$58.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$983
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$5126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$3295
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$5.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$8.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$50.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$546
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$12142

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1265
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1072
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1188
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1347
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1279
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1396
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1043
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$911
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$661
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$733
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1719
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$586
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1342
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1431
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1436
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$972
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$893
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1752
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1659
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$917
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1170
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1189
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1372
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1409
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1648
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1381
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1409
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1029
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1533
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$667
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$1124
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1517
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1169
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1172
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$978