Edinburgh vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$797
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$2117
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$745
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$77
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$1025
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	88	27
😀 Quality of life	92	51
🏙️ Population	488K	6.17M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 188% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1307th and 6780th ($2295 vs $797) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 30th 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Maoming ranked 109th in China, while ranked 83rd and 6580th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Maoming

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	Edinburgh	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.3	$2.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$14.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$486
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$356
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$28.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$44
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$4919
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$2687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$2.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$5.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$9.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$40.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$73.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$563
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$19775

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$802
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$908
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$751
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$679
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$711
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$858
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$828
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$714
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$617
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$548
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$627
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1734
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$678
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$620
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$785
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$580
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$778
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$801
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$694
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$601
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$995
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2396
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$592
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$766
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$574
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$638
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$579
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$528
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$782
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$793
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$564
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$777
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$954