Chennai vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$152	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$4538
😷 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 83% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8897th and 790th ($430 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 733rd 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 4th best city to live in India vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 4021st and 244th 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	$1.83	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$30520

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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