Nashville vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nashville	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2451	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5856	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$2643	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$643	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4510	$3694
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	99
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	689K	2.1M

The cost of living in Nashville is 0.4% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 982nd and 964th ($2451 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 843rd 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 1.5 months in Paris. Nashville ranked 66th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 252nd and 34th 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	$16.9	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$6.64	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1666	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1232	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3034	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.5	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4767	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2707	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.8	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.45	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.37	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30286	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506