Nashville vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	96
😀 Quality of life	88	80
🏙️ Population	689K	17.7M

The cost of living in Nashville is 174% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 790th and 5950th ($2508 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 244th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Shenzhen

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	Nashville	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609