Changsha vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$190	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$4538
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	95	78
😀 Quality of life	68	88
🏙️ Population	10M	689K

The cost of living in Changsha is 77% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7932nd and 790th ($577 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 733rd in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 3100th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Nashville

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	Changsha	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$30520

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494