Edinburgh vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$972
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2129
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$590
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1043
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$82.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$103
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	88	36
😀 Quality of life	94	12
🏙️ Population	488K	1.48M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 120% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 1491st and 5680th ($2140 vs $972) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 5th in the United Kingdom and Nigeria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Onitsha ranked 15th in Nigeria, while ranked 34th and 9148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Onitsha

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	Edinburgh	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1843
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$49.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	16.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$6.24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$1.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$1.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$99.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$8.22
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$1.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$17.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$51.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$1617

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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 Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1611
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$462
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$883
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$558
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$621
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$881
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$651
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$634
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$384
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$779
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$695
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1502
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$764
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$776
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$741
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$601
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$535
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$655
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$677
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$553
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1113
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$743
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1265
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$555
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$820
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$709
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$371
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$613
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$590
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$759
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1121
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$747
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$755
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$647