Edinburgh vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	92
😀 Quality of life	94	86
🏙️ Population	488K	2.75M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 25% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 1491st and 2624th ($2140 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Italy, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 34th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Rome

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	Edinburgh	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201