Edinburgh vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Edinburgh	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2043	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5104	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1223	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2302	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$520	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3083	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	88	96
😀 Quality of life	93	73
🏙️ Population	488K	12.5M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 100% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1692nd and 5167th ($2043 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Edinburgh ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 64th and 1608th 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	$17.3	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.63	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.5	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.32	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1312	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1867	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$279	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.07%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6453	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4477	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.53	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.8	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.94	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.86	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1620	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14724	$10868

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1651
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1693
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1803
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1659
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1537
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1731
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1527
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$1884
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1734
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1399
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1524
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1514
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1723
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1520
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1632
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1910
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1833
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1673
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1702
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1661
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1644
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1706
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1430
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1630
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1566
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1629
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1657
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1554
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1251
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1321
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1411
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1568
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1305
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1532
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1719
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517