Edinburgh vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	88	93
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	488K	9.37M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 243% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1491st and 7405th ($2140 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 34th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Hefei

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	Edinburgh	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665