Edinburgh vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edinburgh	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5663	$2170
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$429
🏘️ Family rent	$2459	$677
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$62.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3703	$937
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	88	55
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	488K	39K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 136% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1263rd and 5974th ($2246 vs $952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and the Palestine, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 40th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Ramallah

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	Edinburgh	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$5.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.67	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2692	$676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$520
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$34.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	6.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7033	$1208
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4677	$903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.9	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$3.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$7.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$61.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$8.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1775	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23136	$3782

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1744
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1710
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1625
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1647
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1793
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2013
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1793
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1599
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1573
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1390
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1420
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1800
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1734
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1706
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1571
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1602
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1830
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1424
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1459
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1364
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1467
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1528
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1783
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1467
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1763
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1989
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$934
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1536
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1768
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2115
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1866
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$730
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1741
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$705
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$721
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2020
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1751
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1872
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1815
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2085
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1838
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$847
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$692
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2045
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1671