Edinburgh vs Niamey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Niamey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1019
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$609
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$41.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$293
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	88	12
😀 Quality of life	94	35
🏙️ Population	488K	1.5M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 110% more expensive than in Niamey. Cities ranked 1491st and 5369th ($2140 vs $1019) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Niger, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Niger comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.3 months in Niamey. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Niamey ranked 1st in Niger, while ranked 34th and 7468th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Niamey

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	Edinburgh	Niamey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$35.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$700
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$414
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$45.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	11.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$7.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$6.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$53.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$40.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$40.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$899
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4390

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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 Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709