Nashville vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	53
😀 Quality of life	90	70
🏙️ Population	689K	8.78M

The cost of living in Nashville is 306% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 832nd and 7641st ($2524 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 138th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 218th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Quanzhou

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	Nashville	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$9321

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941