Edinburgh vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1646
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	88	42
😀 Quality of life	94	54
🏙️ Population	488K	2.43M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 118% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 1491st and 5632nd ($2140 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 8th in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 34th and 5982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Mecca

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	Edinburgh	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4682

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507