Nashville vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$575
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	77
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	689K	12.6M

The cost of living in Nashville is 401% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 832nd and 8651st ($2524 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 218th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nashville	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563