Edinburgh vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$1823
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$234
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$399
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$798
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	93
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	488K	9.5M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 266% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1307th and 7755th ($2295 vs $627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 181st 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.3 months in Foshan. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Foshan ranked 19th in China, while ranked 83rd and 2991st 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	$22.3	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$79
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$15.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$1845
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$10.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$2.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$71.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$3.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$42.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$60.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$453
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$22953

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679