Edinburgh vs Luoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Luoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$148
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$263
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$86.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$578
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	88	34
😀 Quality of life	94	40
🏙️ Population	488K	7.06M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 324% more expensive than in Luoyang. Cities ranked 1491st and 8612th ($2140 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 510th 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 1.1 months in Luoyang. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Luoyang ranked 237th in China, while ranked 34th and 6957th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Luoyang

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	Edinburgh	Luoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1308
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$65.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$179
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$16348

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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 Luoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
33 km or 21 mi	Yanshi	$509
43 km or 27 mi	Mengzhou	$505
49 km or 31 mi	Jiyuan	$520
52 km or 32 mi	Gongyi	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Dengfeng	$529
66 km or 41 mi	Ruzhou	$538
67 km or 41 mi	Qinyang	$504
88 km or 55 mi	Xinmi	$528
90 km or 56 mi	Xingyang	$519
97 km or 60 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
100 km or 62 mi	Jincheng	$547
112 km or 69 mi	Yuzhou	$552
113 km or 70 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
113 km or 70 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
123 km or 76 mi	Xinzheng	$538
131 km or 81 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
133 km or 82 mi	Changge	$547
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
137 km or 85 mi	Yuncheng	$586
142 km or 88 mi	Lingbao	$559
143 km or 89 mi	Houma	$540
146 km or 91 mi	Xuchang	$586
151 km or 94 mi	Xinxiang	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Huixian	$551
170 km or 106 mi	Weihui	$571
176 km or 109 mi	Kaifeng	$545
179 km or 111 mi	Linfen	$569
181 km or 113 mi	Changzhi	$726
182 km or 113 mi	Wugang	$571
183 km or 113 mi	Yongji	$558
185 km or 115 mi	Nanyang	$632
188 km or 117 mi	Hejin	$554
189 km or 117 mi	Luohe	$591
201 km or 125 mi	Linzhou	$588
202 km or 126 mi	Hancheng	$558
208 km or 129 mi	Hebi	$625
219 km or 136 mi	Changyuan	$787
222 km or 138 mi	Dengzhou	$600
222 km or 138 mi	Huozhou	$543
234 km or 146 mi	Zhoukou	$580