Edinburgh vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$313
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	88	38
😀 Quality of life	94	34
🏙️ Population	488K	444K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 394% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 1491st and 8890th ($2140 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 9th in the United Kingdom and Ghana, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 34th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Kumasi

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	Edinburgh	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735