Medellin vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$408	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	78
😀 Quality of life	53	88
🏙️ Population	2.53M	689K

The cost of living in Medellin is 64% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6005th and 790th ($906 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 733rd 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 58th in the United States, while ranked 6049th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Nashville

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	Medellin	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$30520

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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