Louisville vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$714
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	61	78
😀 Quality of life	87	66
🏙️ Population	246K	12.6M

The cost of living in Louisville is 257% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 2276th and 8506th ($1862 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 518th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 251st and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Louisville	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$19861

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619