Nashville vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$4749
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	82
😀 Quality of life	88	88
🏙️ Population	689K	468K

The cost of living in Nashville is 5% more expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 790th and 972nd ($2508 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 892nd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Ranked 58th vs 51st best cities to live in the United States, and 244th vs 221st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Raleigh

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	Nashville	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682