Nashville vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	78	74
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	689K	1.87M

The cost of living in Nashville is 182% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 832nd and 6262nd ($2524 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 12th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 218th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Tainan

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	Nashville	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$6518

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696