Nashville vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	84
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	689K	3.03M

The cost of living in Nashville is 181% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 790th and 6071st ($2508 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 6th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 244th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Taichung

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	Nashville	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671