Edinburgh vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	88	100
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	488K	1.8M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 15% more expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 1491st and 2225th ($2140 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 51st in the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 34th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Montreal

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	Edinburgh	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692