Chittagong vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chittagong	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$351	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$905	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$98.3	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$215	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.6	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$228	$3522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	88
😀 Quality of life	46	94
🏙️ Population	2.58M	488K

The cost of living in Chittagong is 84% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 9083rd and 1491st ($351 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 36th in Bangladesh and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Chittagong compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Chittagong ranked 2nd best city to live in Bangladesh vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6493rd and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chittagong vs Edinburgh

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	Chittagong	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.65	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.75	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$110	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.9	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$278	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.2	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.5	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.83%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$394	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.12	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.66	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.1	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.56	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.5	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.07	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.98	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$20	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.8	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$842	$21911

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Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$287
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$367
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$478
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$309
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$295
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$430
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$303
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$678
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$289
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$305
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$264
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$347
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$661
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$350
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$337
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$345
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$378
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$337
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$328
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$336
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$338
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$329
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$404
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$331
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$330
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$332
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$408
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$294
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$280
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$360

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