Nashville vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$2607
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$695
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$1617
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	689K	791K

The cost of living in Nashville is 142% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 924th and 5487th ($2477 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th and 361st 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 1.6 months in Niigata. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Niigata ranked 214th in Japan, while ranked 281st and 2415th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Niigata

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	Nashville	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$5.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$3.67
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$538
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$444
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	1.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$2772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$2779
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$52.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$24.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$38.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$45.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$65.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$16483

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$984
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$999
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1011
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1016
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1024
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1015
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1056
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1023
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1099
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1037
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1072
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1060
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1083
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1018
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$975
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1085
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1031
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$968
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1100
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$954
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1058
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$941
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1022
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$948
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$958
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1035
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1058
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$942
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$948
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$983
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$961
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1035
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1041
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$969
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$926
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1045
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1032