Edinburgh vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$973
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	88	56
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	488K	39K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 115% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1491st and 5524th ($2140 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th 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 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 34th and 6159th 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	$17.4	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4230

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1931
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511