Nashville vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	78	20
😀 Quality of life	88	45
🏙️ Population	689K	1.29M

The cost of living in Nashville is 440% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 790th and 8801st ($2508 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 1st in the United States and Libya, respectively. Check the United States vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 244th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Tripoli

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	Nashville	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058