Changsha vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Changsha	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$622	$2451
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1669	$5856
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1515
🏘️ Family rent	$365	$2643
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$643
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.9	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1086	$4510
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	10M	689K

The cost of living in Changsha is 75% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7795th and 982nd ($622 vs $2451) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 196th and 843rd 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 1.7 months in Changsha compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Changsha ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 66th in the United States, while ranked 2894th and 252nd 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	$2.93	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$7.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$6.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1666
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$1232
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$3034
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$273	$2217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$73.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2530	$4767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2779	$2707
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.8	$61.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$3.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$5.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$3.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.39	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.85	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.23	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.25	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$82	$54.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$322	$1468
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9728	$30286

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$518
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$586
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$589
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$571
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$609
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$589
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$608
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$569
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$610
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$583
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$602
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$518
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$556
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$565
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$605
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$600
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$535
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$592
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$600
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$638
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$632
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$648
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$619
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$623
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$570
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$571
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$739
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$556
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$624
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$658
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$542
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$657
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$691
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$593
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$649
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$554

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2332
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2322
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2315
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2809
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2246
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2275
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2245
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2291
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2017
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2027
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2074
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2213
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1829
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1933
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1812
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1907
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1896
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1427
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1666
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2119
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2144
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1838
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1686
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1808
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1859
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2096
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1989
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1806
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1365
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1602
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1391
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2079
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1896
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1595