Lyon vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$773	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$4538
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	93	78
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	521K	689K

The cost of living in Lyon is 37% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 3152nd and 790th ($1570 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 733rd in France and the United States, respectively. Check France vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 195th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Nashville

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	Lyon	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$30520

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

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