Nashville vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$1437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$3392
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$754
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$1279
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$115
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$1950
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	78	38
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	689K	767K

The cost of living in Nashville is 76% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 832nd and 4147th ($2524 vs $1437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 6th in the United States and Croatia, respectively. Check the United States vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.4 months in Zagreb. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 218th and 742nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Zagreb

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	Nashville	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$12.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$743
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$991
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$125
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$191
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$5609
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$3578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$8.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$5.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$8.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$8.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$96.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$12234

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1199
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1033
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1195
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1340
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1236
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1383
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1044
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$817
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$665
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$685
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1640
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$617
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1316
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1422
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1416
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1685
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$920
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$802
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1683
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1600
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$823
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1081
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1033
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1386
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1398
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1756
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1377
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1378
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$858
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1322
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$669
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$973
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1415
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1072
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1052
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$890