Edinburgh vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	95
😀 Quality of life	94	70
🏙️ Population	488K	9.5M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 250% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1491st and 7543rd ($2140 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 199th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 34th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Foshan

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	Edinburgh	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$18096

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642