Hong Kong vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hong Kong	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2737	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6793	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$1830	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$3856	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$232	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	78
😀 Quality of life	88	88
🏙️ Population	7.41M	689K

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 9% more expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 427th and 790th ($2737 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.4 months in Hong Kong compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 248th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Nashville

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	Hong Kong	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.24	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.49	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.3	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.37	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2169	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1533	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4708	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3331	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.02%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$26276	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16290	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.3	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.26	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.2	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.1	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1052	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22706	$30520

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598

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