Edinburgh vs Hyderabad, Pakistan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$847
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$279
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$116
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$84
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	93 km
🎓 Higher education	88	48
😀 Quality of life	94	23
🏙️ Population	488K	1.73M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 542% more expensive than in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Cities ranked 1491st and 9127th ($2140 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 25th in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.3 months in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hyderabad, Pakistan ranked 12th in Pakistan, while ranked 34th and 8760th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Edinburgh	Hyderabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$1.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$8.21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$0.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$61.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$240
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$164
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$87.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	14.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$575
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$190
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$5.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$0.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$2.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$4.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$2.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$1.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$0.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$2.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$1.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$60.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$40.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$1127

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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 Hyderabad, Pakistan

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
96 km or 60 mi	Nawabshah	$325
148 km or 92 mi	Karachi	$442
243 km or 151 mi	Larkana	$338
263 km or 163 mi	Sukkur	$339
271 km or 168 mi	Bhuj	$288
322 km or 200 mi	Jacobabad	$325
423 km or 263 mi	Rajkot	$311
434 km or 270 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 282 mi	Mehsana	$389
482 km or 299 mi	Jodhpur	$366
499 km or 310 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
499 km or 310 mi	Pali	$324
501 km or 311 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
543 km or 337 mi	Udaipur	$310
546 km or 339 mi	Nadiad	$382
552 km or 343 mi	Quetta	$266
553 km or 344 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
556 km or 345 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
565 km or 351 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
572 km or 356 mi	Bikaner	$297
599 km or 372 mi	Vadodara	$376
607 km or 377 mi	Godhra	$371
614 km or 382 mi	Multan	$392
629 km or 391 mi	Bhilwara	$340
639 km or 397 mi	Ajmer	$279
650 km or 404 mi	Khanewal	$361
653 km or 406 mi	Surat	$771
678 km or 421 mi	Navsari	$286
679 km or 422 mi	Burewala	$356
716 km or 445 mi	Ratlam	$311
718 km or 446 mi	Sikar	$350
740 km or 460 mi	Kandahar	$468
750 km or 466 mi	Kota	$339
760 km or 472 mi	Jhang	$292
768 km or 477 mi	Jaipur	$376
768 km or 477 mi	Gojra	$342
778 km or 484 mi	Chabahar	$585
783 km or 487 mi	Okara	$300
790 km or 491 mi	Ujjain	$298