Edinburgh vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	49
😀 Quality of life	93	71
🏙️ Population	488K	8.78M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 268% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1221st and 7679th ($2331 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 137th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 77th and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Quanzhou

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	Edinburgh	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$9536

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943