Louisville vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$2964
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$988
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$970
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	60	47
😀 Quality of life	88	63
🏙️ Population	246K	1.26M

The cost of living in Louisville is 44% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 2713th and 4609th ($1837 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 11th 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 0.8 months in Zapopan. Louisville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 333rd and 5628th 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	$14.3	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$44.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$767
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$417
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$1247
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$82.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$34.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$6090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$2.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$9.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$6389

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$990
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$806
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$746
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$885
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1023
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$899
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$914
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$920
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$956
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$946
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$910
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1202
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$817
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$952
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$664
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$894
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$926
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$803
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$866
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1241
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1044
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$747
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1102
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$986