Edinburgh vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	88	96
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	488K	13.3M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 47% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1221st and 3728th ($2331 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Russia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 77th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Moscow

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	Edinburgh	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$17546

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791