Chennai vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$2649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$6134
🏠 One person rent	$159	$1700
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$3035
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$4686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	78
😀 Quality of life	66	88
🏙️ Population	6.6M	689K

The cost of living in Chennai is 84% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8907th and 514th ($433 vs $2649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 455th in India and the United States, respectively. Check India vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Nashville ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 4094th and 226th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Nashville

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	Chennai	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$1820
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$1457
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$2584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$3565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$3245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$69.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$3.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$4.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$1194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$20657

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2466
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2371
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2339
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2670
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2270
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2303
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2275
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2038
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2028
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1607
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2246
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2081
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1802
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1926
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2098
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2134
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1323
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1854
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1651
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1956
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2014
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1687
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1708
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1764
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1911
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2035
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1746
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1780
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1317
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1627
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2119
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1542