Edinburgh vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$2251
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$5339
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$1290
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$2248
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$4308
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	88
😀 Quality of life	92	93
🏙️ Population	488K	776K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 2% more expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 1307th and 1384th ($2295 vs $2251) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Frankfurt ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 83rd and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Frankfurt

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	Edinburgh	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.3	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$92.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$5.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$4.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$1277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$1017
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$2336
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$1825
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$8499
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$4451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$4.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$72.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$23.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$22.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$13.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$104
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$93.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$94.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$823
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$21222

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1826
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1891
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1869
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1938
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1851
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1765
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1746
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1889
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1903
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1814
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1867
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1827
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1817
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1886
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1829
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1846
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1878
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1872
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1668
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1775
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1798
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1852
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1780
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1732
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1851
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1740
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1822
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1793
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1773
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1829
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1754
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1996
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1855
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1709
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1772
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1747
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1778