Edinburgh vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$692
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	88	54
😀 Quality of life	94	60
🏙️ Population	488K	1.26M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 191% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1491st and 6742nd ($2140 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 21st in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 34th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Kazan

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	Edinburgh	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867