Foshan vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$208	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	95	78
😀 Quality of life	70	88
🏙️ Population	9.5M	689K

The cost of living in Foshan is 76% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7543rd and 790th ($611 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 733rd 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 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 2601st and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Nashville

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	Foshan	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$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	$246	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$30520

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

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