Edinburgh vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	94
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	488K	4.04M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 104% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1247th and 4867th ($2310 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 59th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs New Taipei

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	Edinburgh	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589