Nashville vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nashville	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2451	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5856	$2793
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$2643	$1013
🍽️ Food expenses	$643	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4510	$1316
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	78	85
😀 Quality of life	89	71
🏙️ Population	689K	5.65M

The cost of living in Nashville is 115% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 982nd and 4898th ($2451 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 843rd and 5th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.2 months in Saint Petersburg. Nashville ranked 66th best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 252nd and 3542nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Saint Petersburg

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	Nashville	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$9.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$6.64	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1666	$738
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1232	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3034	$1362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$78.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.5	$8.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	20.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4767	$4926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2707	$3068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$1.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.8	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$11.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.45	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.37	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$8.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$1.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30286	$13865

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1081
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1079
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1467
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1448
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1490
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1478
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1383
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1312
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$1085
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1445
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1521
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$758
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1220
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1533
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1673
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1428
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1759
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1843
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1550
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1698
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$834
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1970
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1455
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1644
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1531
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1974
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1419
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1594
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1054
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1436
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1391
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1492
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1403
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1525
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1578
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1179
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1597