El Paso vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	El Paso	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4015	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$981	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$1643	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$588	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.9	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3306	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	78
😀 Quality of life	81	90
🏙️ Population	679K	689K

The cost of living in El Paso is 30% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 2820th and 832nd ($1778 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1979th and 741st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in El Paso compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Ranked 206th vs 65th best cities to live in the United States, and 665th vs 218th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Nashville

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	El Paso	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.1	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1647	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1819	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1780	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.4	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.81	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.07	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.96	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.7	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6990	$30339

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1842
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1896
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1880
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$944
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1964
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1015
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$895
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2150
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1940
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2095
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1784
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$727
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2084
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2245
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2235
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1912
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2151
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2466
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2024
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$982
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2407
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2447
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2349
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371

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