Accra vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Accra	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$260	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$593	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$3522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	88
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	1.78M	488K

The cost of living in Accra is 66% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 6763rd and 1491st ($729 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th in Ghana and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Ghana vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Accra compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Accra ranked 1st best city to live in Ghana vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6085th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Accra vs Edinburgh

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	Accra	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.36	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1168	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.8	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.7	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.18%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4043	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2481	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.51	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.87	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.34	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.33	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$28.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.5	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7683	$21911

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Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$560
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$553
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$588
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$354
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$755
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$632
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$551
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$575
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$433
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$647
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$590
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$709
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$649
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$889
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$613
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$651
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$1113
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1022
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$882
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$658
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$882
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$776
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$677
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$779
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$906
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$695
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$937
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$535
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$634
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$904
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$753
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$558
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$881

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692