Medellin vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Medellin	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1162	$2451
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2810	$5856
🏠 One person rent	$579	$1515
🏘️ Family rent	$997	$2643
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$643
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$535	$4510
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	65	78
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	2.53M	689K

The cost of living in Medellin is 53% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4852nd and 982nd ($1162 vs $2451) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 843rd in Colombia and the United States, respectively. Check Colombia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Nashville ranked 66th in the United States, while ranked 5346th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Medellin	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.47	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.22	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$7.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.65	$6.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$1666
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$446	$1232
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1244	$3034
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$2217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.4	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.3	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$73.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.36%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2880	$4767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1250	$2707
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.03	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.3	$61.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$3.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$5.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$3.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.57	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.38	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.8	$54.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$533	$1468
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8196	$30286

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$1041
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$1012
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$737
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$862
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$769
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$749
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$749
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$537
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$816
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$858
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$559
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$958
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$1106
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$563
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$680
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$733
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$1045
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$816
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$795
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$630
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$856
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$788
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$593
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$850
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$765
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$586
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$727
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$740
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$606
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$674
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$678
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$678
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$685
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$678
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$631
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$687

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2332
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2322
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2315
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2809
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2246
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2275
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2245
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2291
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2017
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2027
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2074
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2213
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1829
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1933
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1812
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1907
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1896
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1427
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1666
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2119
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2144
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1838
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1686
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1808
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1859
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2096
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1989
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1806
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1365
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1602
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1391
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2079
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1896
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1595