Nashville vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	96
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	689K	8.69M

The cost of living in Nashville is 218% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 790th and 6486th ($2508 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 4th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 244th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Tehran

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	Nashville	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510