Nashville vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	689K	8.78M

The cost of living in Nashville is 289% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 790th and 7256th ($2508 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 118th 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 58th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 244th and 4015th 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	$16.1	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936