Nashville vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nashville	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2451	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5856	$2526
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$2643	$975
🍽️ Food expenses	$643	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$87.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4510	$938
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	95
😀 Quality of life	89	76
🏙️ Population	689K	17.5M

The cost of living in Nashville is 146% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 982nd and 5618th ($2451 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 843rd and 10th 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 Shenzhen. Nashville ranked 66th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 4th in China, while ranked 252nd and 1163rd 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	$16.9	$3.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.2	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$6.64	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1666	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1232	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3034	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$54.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.5	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4767	$13122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2707	$6054
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.8	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$4.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.45	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.37	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$4.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$7.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$34.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$39.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30286	$21140

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$678
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$694
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1734
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$548
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$638
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$873
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$785
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$627
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$954
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$858
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$777
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$801
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$908
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$793
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$682
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$474
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$828
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$766
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$778
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$802
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$797
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$758
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$739
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$751
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$705
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$714
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$729
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$711
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$892
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$528
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$648