Edinburgh vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$3155
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$67.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$1100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	25
😀 Quality of life	93	60
🏙️ Population	488K	235K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 97% more expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 1221st and 4813th ($2331 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Guyana, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.9 months in Georgetown. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 77th and 5916th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Georgetown

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	Edinburgh	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$54.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$5.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$1246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$56.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$88.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$44.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$1503
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.53
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$6.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$5.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.06
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$1023
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$19783

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892

Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1180
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1174
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$854
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$877
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1938
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$788
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$767
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$740
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$892
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$1010
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1097
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1232
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1136
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1284
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$848
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1996
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$844
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1979
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1078
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1079
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$699
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$741
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1336
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1454
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$675
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$642
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$679
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$610
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$641
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$995
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$989
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$888
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$771
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$827
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1170
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$811
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1812
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$840