Edinburgh vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	88	90
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	488K	1.51M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 3% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1491st and 1352nd ($2140 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 34th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Munich

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	Edinburgh	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560