Edinburgh vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$3700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	87
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	488K	776K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 8% more expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 1491st and 1863rd ($2140 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 4th 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 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 34th and 47th 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	$17.4	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$14496

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595