Edinburgh vs Hiroshima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Hiroshima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2328
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$335
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$361
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$2704
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	88	63
😀 Quality of life	94	88
🏙️ Population	488K	1.2M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 144% more expensive than in Hiroshima. Cities ranked 1491st and 6156th ($2140 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 860th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 3.1 months in Hiroshima. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hiroshima ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 34th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Hiroshima

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	Edinburgh	Hiroshima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$210
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$742
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$77.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$29.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	1.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$41.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$51
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$6826

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936