Curitiba vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Curitiba	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$817	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2009	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$362	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$608	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$4436
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	78
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	1.77M	689K

The cost of living in Curitiba is 68% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6602nd and 832nd ($817 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 741st in Brazil and the United States, respectively. Check Brazil vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Curitiba ranked 18th best city to live in Brazil vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 5872nd and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Nashville

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	Curitiba	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.3	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.55	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$644	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.5	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1916	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1300	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.3	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.8	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.08	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.3	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$286	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6739	$30339

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$704
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$627
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$570
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$606
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$717
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$659
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$558
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$647
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$699
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$716
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$679
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$633
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$693
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$681
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$680
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$547
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$625
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$588
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$904
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$662
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$603
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$616
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$621
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$622
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$666
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$666
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$542
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$673
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$615
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$589
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$576
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$780
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$582
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$654
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$554
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$605

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508