Edinburgh vs Medellin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Medellin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2260
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$761
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$275
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	88	66
😀 Quality of life	94	53
🏙️ Population	488K	2.53M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 136% more expensive than in Medellin. Cities ranked 1491st and 6005th ($2140 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Colombia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.5 months in Medellin. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Medellin ranked 2nd in Colombia, while ranked 34th and 6049th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Medellin

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	Edinburgh	Medellin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$7.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$73.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$22.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1715
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$5.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$29.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$64
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$5682

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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 Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618