Edinburgh vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1623
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$423
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$70.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$403
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	88	11
😀 Quality of life	94	8
🏙️ Population	488K	760K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 224% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 1491st and 7141st ($2140 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Somalia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 34th and 9243rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Hargeisa

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	Edinburgh	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$10
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	20.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3745
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$8448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$4.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$2.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$58.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$603

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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 Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541