Nashville vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$910
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$2373
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$439
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$433
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$90.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$1446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	78	73
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	689K	1.85M

The cost of living in Nashville is 172% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 924th and 6264th ($2477 vs $910) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th and 8th 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 1.6 months in Tainan. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 281st and 2963rd 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	$15.2	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$25.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$84.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	2.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$3159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$2827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$21.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$12.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$65.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$76.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$298
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$5587

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$910
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$889
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$841
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$879
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$888
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$957
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$709
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$937
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$882
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$941
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$903
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$796
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1108
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$630
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1257
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$634
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$723
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$997
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$668
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$602
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$465
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$464
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$698
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$589
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$654
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$634
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$682
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$943
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$705
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$763
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$765
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$610
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$621
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$697