Edinburgh vs Meru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Meru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1478
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$37.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	69 km
🎓 Higher education	88	29
😀 Quality of life	94	27
🏙️ Population	488K	42.7K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 296% more expensive than in Meru. Cities ranked 1491st and 8317th ($2140 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 4th in the United Kingdom and Kenya, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.8 months in Meru. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Meru ranked 9th in Kenya, while ranked 34th and 8421st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Meru

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	Edinburgh	Meru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$38.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$6.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$199
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$516
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$30.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	14.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1251
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$28.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$4.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$20.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$19
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$59.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$189
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8023

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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 Meru

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 85 mi	Thika	$589
175 km or 109 mi	Nairobi	$760
179 km or 111 mi	Machakos	$408
180 km or 112 mi	Nakuru	$500
268 km or 167 mi	Eldoret	$483
323 km or 201 mi	Kisumu	$522
354 km or 220 mi	Mumias	$490
378 km or 235 mi	Moshi	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Tororo	$602
395 km or 245 mi	Arusha	$638
403 km or 250 mi	Mbale	$605
455 km or 283 mi	Malindi	$498
496 km or 308 mi	Jinja	$562
508 km or 316 mi	Mombasa	$580
559 km or 347 mi	Kira Town	$646
564 km or 351 mi	Kampala	$698
577 km or 359 mi	Entebbe	$558
591 km or 367 mi	Tanga	$545
600 km or 373 mi	Mwanza	$625
666 km or 414 mi	Gulu	$594
712 km or 442 mi	Stone Town	$523
712 km or 443 mi	Zanzibar	$552
732 km or 455 mi	Dodoma	$502
749 km or 465 mi	Baidoa	$706
764 km or 475 mi	Morogoro	$486
783 km or 486 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
784 km or 487 mi	Awasa	$886
819 km or 509 mi	Arua	$585
840 km or 522 mi	Bunia	$801
852 km or 529 mi	Jimma	$654
852 km or 530 mi	Kasese	$573
858 km or 533 mi	Juba	$513
862 km or 536 mi	Byumba	$613
873 km or 542 mi	Kigali	$771
875 km or 544 mi	Muyinga	$650
883 km or 549 mi	Mogadishu	$711
907 km or 563 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
911 km or 566 mi	Ruyigi	$648
911 km or 566 mi	Beni	$785
918 km or 570 mi	Nyanza	$518