Nashville vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	89
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	689K	13.9M

The cost of living in Nashville is 291% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 832nd and 7452nd ($2524 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 98th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.5 months in Tianjin. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 218th and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Tianjin

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	Nashville	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573