Edinburgh vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	88	20
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	488K	1.41M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 76% more expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 1491st and 4439th ($2140 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Medina. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 34th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Edinburgh vs Medina infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/edinburgh/medina.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Edinburgh vs Medina infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/edinburgh/medina" target="_blank">Edinburgh vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Edinburgh vs Medina

Prices for goods and services in Edinburgh and Medina are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Edinburgh	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$7421

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905