Kano vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kano	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$563	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1332	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$360	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$66.7	$4436
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	24	78
😀 Quality of life	16	90
🏙️ Population	4.35M	689K

The cost of living in Kano is 78% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8160th and 832nd ($563 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 741st in Nigeria and the United States, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Kano compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Kano ranked 21st best city to live in Nigeria vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 9173rd and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kano vs Nashville

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	Kano	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.67	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.74	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.8	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.4	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.1%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1625	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1342	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.57	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.03	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.54	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.25	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.42	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.1	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.6	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1804	$30339

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Cities near Kano

Distance	City	Cost of living
137 km or 85 mi	Zaria	$652
148 km or 92 mi	Katsina	$618
202 km or 125 mi	Kaduna	$393
202 km or 126 mi	Gusau	$638
206 km or 128 mi	Zinder	$1131
227 km or 141 mi	Maradi	$1131
233 km or 145 mi	Jos	$810
237 km or 147 mi	Bauchi	$781
341 km or 212 mi	Minna	$852
346 km or 215 mi	Abuja	$1514
375 km or 233 mi	Sokoto	$466
376 km or 234 mi	Damaturu	$555
504 km or 313 mi	Maiduguri	$618
553 km or 344 mi	Mubi	$644
583 km or 362 mi	Ilorin	$526
607 km or 377 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
612 km or 380 mi	Garoua	$621
625 km or 388 mi	Owo	$664
628 km or 390 mi	Enugu	$563
639 km or 397 mi	Osogbo	$705
641 km or 399 mi	Akure	$644
653 km or 406 mi	Maroua	$596
664 km or 413 mi	Awka	$878
664 km or 413 mi	Ife	$778
676 km or 420 mi	Onitsha	$1051
683 km or 424 mi	Oyo	$664
692 km or 430 mi	Bol	$505
698 km or 434 mi	Bamenda	$698
708 km or 440 mi	Benin	$632
711 km or 442 mi	N'Djamena	$543
715 km or 444 mi	Niamey	$1172
718 km or 446 mi	Ibadan	$752
728 km or 452 mi	Umuahia	$961
743 km or 461 mi	Owerri	$1774
756 km or 470 mi	Bafoussam	$793
761 km or 473 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
772 km or 480 mi	Bongor	$505
776 km or 482 mi	Aba	$674
782 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
782 km or 486 mi	Warri	$926

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