Hangzhou vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hangzhou	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$805	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2398	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$369	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$751	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	91	78
😀 Quality of life	72	88
🏙️ Population	11.9M	689K

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 68% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6419th and 790th ($805 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd 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 1.5 months in Hangzhou compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Hangzhou ranked 10th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 1916th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hangzhou vs Nashville

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	Hangzhou	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.6	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.86	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8089	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4179	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.71	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.87	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.99	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.93	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$441	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31296	$30520

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746

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