Edinburgh vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	88	96
😀 Quality of life	95	73
🏙️ Population	488K	13.3M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 61% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1247th and 4141st ($2310 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd 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 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 59th and 2664th 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	$21.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$15272

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772