Edinburgh vs Lome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Lome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$755
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1774
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$534
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	88	17
😀 Quality of life	94	40
🏙️ Population	488K	2.19M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 184% more expensive than in Lome. Cities ranked 1491st and 6657th ($2140 vs $755) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Togo, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Togo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.7 months in Lome. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Lome ranked 1st in Togo, while ranked 34th and 6989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Lome

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	Edinburgh	Lome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$299
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$527
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$87.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$42.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	7.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1155
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$420
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$6.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$19.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$20.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$30.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4691

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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 Lome

Distance	City	Cost of living
99 km or 61 mi	Ho	$354
109 km or 68 mi	Kpalime	$632
135 km or 84 mi	Cotonou	$709
140 km or 87 mi	Hohoe	$575
145 km or 90 mi	Abomey	$590
147 km or 91 mi	Tema	$553
147 km or 91 mi	Ashaiman	$560
155 km or 97 mi	Atakpame	$647
159 km or 99 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
165 km or 102 mi	Koforidua	$588
167 km or 104 mi	Accra	$729
243 km or 151 mi	Lagos	$1113
253 km or 157 mi	Save	$613
261 km or 162 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
272 km or 169 mi	Sotouboua	$649
317 km or 197 mi	Sokode	$651
320 km or 199 mi	Kumasi	$433
321 km or 200 mi	Obuasi	$551
329 km or 204 mi	Ibadan	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Oyo	$677
357 km or 222 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
380 km or 236 mi	Kara	$658
398 km or 247 mi	Ife	$779
411 km or 256 mi	Osogbo	$695
430 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$507
452 km or 281 mi	Ilorin	$535
456 km or 283 mi	Akure	$634
471 km or 293 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
486 km or 302 mi	Benin	$558
496 km or 308 mi	Owo	$651
505 km or 314 mi	Warri	$881
526 km or 327 mi	Abengourou	$889
558 km or 347 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
587 km or 365 mi	Abidjan	$1022
602 km or 374 mi	Agboville	$882
615 km or 382 mi	Onitsha	$972
626 km or 389 mi	Dabou	$882
646 km or 401 mi	Awka	$805
647 km or 402 mi	Owerri	$1611
658 km or 409 mi	Port Harcourt	$679