Nashville vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nashville	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2623	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6220	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$1671	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$3099	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$671	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4605	$1455
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	100
😀 Quality of life	87	78
🏙️ Population	689K	24.9M

The cost of living in Nashville is 120% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 489th and 4461st ($2623 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 441st and 6th 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 1.2 months in Shanghai. Nashville ranked 46th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 198th and 558th 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	$18.6	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.8	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.66	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.28	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1401	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3812	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2623	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.1	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3579	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3234	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.26	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.87	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.42	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1334	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20441	$28143

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2438
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2367
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2345
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2312
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2300
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2255
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2293
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2260
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2534
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2155
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$1968
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1987
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2220
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1766
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2004
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$2123
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2386
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2546
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1313
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$2045
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1702
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1941
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$1985
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1785
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1742
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1768
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1933
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2026
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1515
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1910
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1487
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1768
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2142
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1972
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2120
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1675

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740