Nashville vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$2448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$5605
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$1473
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$2303
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$226
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$4181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	94
😀 Quality of life	89	96
🏙️ Population	689K	2.14M

The cost of living in Nashville is 1% more expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 924th and 978th ($2477 vs $2448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th and 6th in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 281st and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Perth

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	Nashville	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$8.55
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$1621
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$1228
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$2691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$1923
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$56.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$6285
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$4935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$2.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$5.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$4.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$3.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$81
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$2141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$15409

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894