Edinburgh vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Edinburgh	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2043	$2173
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5104	$5404
🏠 One person rent	$1223	$1279
🏘️ Family rent	$2302	$2254
🍽️ Food expenses	$520	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3083	$4439
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	82
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	488K	919K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 6% less expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 1692nd and 1353rd ($2043 vs $2173) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 1203rd in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 2 months in Fort Worth. Edinburgh ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Fort Worth ranked 36th in the United States, while ranked 64th and 169th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Fort Worth

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	Edinburgh	Fort Worth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$59.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.63	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.5	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.32	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1312	$1316
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$1005
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$2275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1867	$1890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$279	$216
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.07%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6453	$2319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4477	$2058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.53	$5.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.8	$79.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$3.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$4.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$3.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$5.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$4.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.94	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17	$7.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.86	$5.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$4.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$98.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$58.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$80.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1620	$1893
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14724	$25845

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1651
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1693
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1803
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1659
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1537
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1731
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1527
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$1884
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1734
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1399
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1524
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1514
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1723
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1520
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1632
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1910
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1833
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1673
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1702
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1661
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1644
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1706
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1430
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1630
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1566
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1629
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1657
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1554
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1251
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1321
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1411
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1568
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1305
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1532
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1719
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666

Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2084
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2108
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2099
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2139
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2107
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2059
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1807
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2236
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2053
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2143
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2021
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2017
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2338
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2043
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$1872
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1987
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$1992
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$1982
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2176
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2162
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2113
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$1804
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2306
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2149
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2157
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2497
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2267
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2119
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2206
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2235
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2200
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2199
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2323
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2516
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2384
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2223