Guangzhou vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guangzhou	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$322	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$267	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.1	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$4436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	97	78
😀 Quality of life	75	90
🏙️ Population	18.7M	689K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 70% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6838th and 832nd ($758 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 741st 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 months in Guangzhou compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 2100th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Nashville

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	Guangzhou	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.46	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.4	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9090	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3370	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.34	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.68	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.4	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14783	$30339

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677

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