Nashville vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	99
😀 Quality of life	89	96
🏙️ Population	689K	2.11M

The cost of living in Nashville is 0.1% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 924th and 916th ($2477 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 281st and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Paris

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	Nashville	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544