Nashville vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nashville	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2451	$1018
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5856	$2580
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$433
🏘️ Family rent	$2643	$731
🍽️ Food expenses	$643	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4510	$1251
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	689K	791K

The cost of living in Nashville is 141% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 982nd and 5436th ($2451 vs $1018) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 843rd and 299th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.2 months in Niigata. Nashville ranked 66th best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 365th in Japan, while ranked 252nd and 2749th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nashville	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$5.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$3.55
☕ Cappuccino	$6.64	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1666	$288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1232	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3034	$507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$514
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.5	$29
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4767	$2634
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2707	$2645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.8	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.45	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.37	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$0.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54	$46.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$37.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$43.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$62.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30286	$17418

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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

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$993
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$996
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1015
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1013
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1021
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1019
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$996
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1030
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$997
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1066
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1008
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1044
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1053
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$950
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1058
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1007
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$942
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1074
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$935
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$932
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1025
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1004
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$924
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$933
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1002
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1031
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$914
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$928
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$956
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1009
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1021
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$944
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$949
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$904
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1029
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1009