Edinburgh vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	53
😀 Quality of life	95	70
🏙️ Population	488K	8.78M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 272% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1247th and 7641st ($2310 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 138th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 59th and 4086th 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	$21.6	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$9321

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941