Ankara vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$487	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$3522
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	88
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	5.8M	488K

The cost of living in Ankara is 55% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 5741st and 1491st ($959 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 36th in Turkey and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Turkey vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1858th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Edinburgh

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	Ankara	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$21911

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

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