Nashville vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	78	50
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	689K	1.02M

The cost of living in Nashville is 22% more expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 790th and 1701st ($2508 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 25th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 244th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Ottawa

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	Nashville	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$19030

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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

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800