Nashville vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	100
😀 Quality of life	90	77
🏙️ Population	689K	24.9M

The cost of living in Nashville is 124% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 832nd and 4879th ($2524 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 218th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Shanghai

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	Nashville	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753