Nashville vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nashville	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2451	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5856	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$2643	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$643	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4510	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	78	99
😀 Quality of life	89	76
🏙️ Population	689K	24.9M

The cost of living in Nashville is 114% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 982nd and 4880th ($2451 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 843rd 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 0.9 months in Shanghai. Nashville ranked 66th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 252nd and 1178th 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	$16.9	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$6.64	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1666	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1232	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3034	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.5	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4767	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2707	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.8	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.45	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.37	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30286	$27610

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789