Edinburgh vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1501
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$173
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$358
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$214
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$693
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	88	22
😀 Quality of life	94	39
🏙️ Population	488K	11M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 296% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 1491st and 8318th ($2140 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 447th 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 1.3 months in Linyi. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Linyi ranked 264th in China, while ranked 34th and 7039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Linyi

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	Edinburgh	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$6.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$137
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$80.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$219
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$5.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1033
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$68.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$6168

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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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$572
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$536
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$566
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$578
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$620
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$593
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$484
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$561
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$643
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$561
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$660
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$543
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$668
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$504
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$564
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$433
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$531
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$553
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$600
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$616
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$569
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$900
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$505
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$736
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$577
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$815
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$522
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1385