Nashville vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$1050
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	78	93
😀 Quality of life	88	83
🏙️ Population	689K	2.33M

The cost of living in Nashville is 187% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 790th and 6171st ($2508 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 244th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Taoyuan

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	Nashville	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$1.49
☕ 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	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443