Nashville vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	78	70
😀 Quality of life	90	71
🏙️ Population	689K	12.7M

The cost of living in Nashville is 227% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 832nd and 6778th ($2524 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 218th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Suzhou

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	Nashville	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$15339

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610