Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the healthy lifestyle behaviors and life satisfaction of nursing students. Method: In this study cross-sectional and correlational research design was used. The study was conducted with students of health colleges on February 2018. The sample size of the study consisted of 194 students selected by stratified sampling. Permission was obtained from the authors who conducted the adaptation of the scales, institutions and students. The data were analyzed using number, percentage, mean, Student t-test or Mann-Whitney U test, One Way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test, and correlation analyses. Results: More than half (64.9%) of the students who participated in the study were female, 62.9% of them perceived their health conditions as good and 15.5% of them used cigarettes. There was a weakly positive significant relationship between the healthy lifestyle behaviors and life satisfaction of the students (r: .23, p<.05). When the relationship between life satisfaction and the subdimensions of healthy lifestyle scale is considered; it is seen that there was a weakly positive significant relationship with interpersonal relationships (r: .22) and a medium-level positive significant relationship between the subdimensions of moral development (r: .31) and stress management and life satisfaction (r: .28) (p<.05) subdimensions. Conclusion: It was determined that life satisfaction of the nursing students increased along with healthy lifestyle behaviors. It is suggested to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors of nursing students and in this direction, to carry out education initiatives in order to increase their life satisfaction.