Edinburgh vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$729
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	88	44
😀 Quality of life	94	43
🏙️ Population	488K	6.65M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 262% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 1491st and 7767th ($2140 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 276th 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 1.2 months in Hengyang. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 34th and 6669th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Hengyang

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	Edinburgh	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8454

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600