Edinburgh vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$323
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$780
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$121
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$198
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$129
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$38.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$129
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	88	48
😀 Quality of life	93	34
🏙️ Population	488K	1.97M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 622% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1221st and 9160th ($2331 vs $323) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 27th in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.4 months in Peshawar. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Peshawar ranked 9th in Pakistan, while ranked 77th and 8618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Peshawar

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	Edinburgh	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$10.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$96.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$52.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$178
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$96.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	16.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$309
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$8.05
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$3.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$4.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$1.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$9.83
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$2.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$10.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$13.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$32.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$2608

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$370
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$368
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$360
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$369
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$464
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$433
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$473
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$279
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$381
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$264
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$425
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$378
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$371
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$353
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$302
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$348
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$308
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$367
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$326
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$295
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$318
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$432
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$454
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$315
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$391
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$417
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$364
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$351
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$352
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704