Nashville vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$2444
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$507
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$900
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$1024
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	95
😀 Quality of life	89	77
🏙️ Population	689K	17.5M

The cost of living in Nashville is 164% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 924th and 6106th ($2477 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 281st and 1113th 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	$15.2	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$1182
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$735
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$63.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$13180
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$5913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$49.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$7.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$34.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$46.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$73.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$22916

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2415
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$674
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$666
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1718
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$534
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$621
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$848
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$782
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$943
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$844
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$765
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$795
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$832
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$896
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$589
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$807
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$464
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$602
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$673
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$465
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$816
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$760
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$769
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$790
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$789
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$814
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$730
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$738
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$698
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$699
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$723
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$694
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$903
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$533
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$638