Hefei vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	93	78
😀 Quality of life	66	88
🏙️ Population	9.37M	689K

The cost of living in Hefei is 75% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7405th and 790th ($625 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 3963rd and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Nashville

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	Hefei	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$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	$3736	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$30520

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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