Edinburgh vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	49
😀 Quality of life	92	71
🏙️ Population	488K	8.78M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 254% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1307th and 7630th ($2295 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 134th 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Quanzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 83rd and 3354th 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	$22.3	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$9745

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954