Edinburgh vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	88	99
😀 Quality of life	94	95
🏙️ Population	488K	2.15M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 6% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1491st and 1222nd ($2140 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and France, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 34th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Paris

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	Edinburgh	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293