Louisville vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1349
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$3115
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$1113
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	60	47
😀 Quality of life	87	64
🏙️ Population	246K	1.26M

The cost of living in Louisville is 37% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 2604th and 4430th ($1847 vs $1349) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 9th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.7 months in Zapopan. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 326th and 5342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Zapopan

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	Louisville	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$841
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$1437
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$831
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$82.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$6066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$674
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$2.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$40.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$10.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$6434

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1222
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$993
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$814
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$760
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$869
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1005
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$895
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$941
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$932
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$959
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$968
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$920
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1211
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$874
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$962
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$961
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$660
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$905
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$935
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$817
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$864
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1255
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1069
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$764
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1085
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$994