Edinburgh vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	88	57
😀 Quality of life	93	62
🏙️ Population	488K	2.42M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 170% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1221st and 6516th ($2331 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 12th in the United Kingdom and Brazil, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 77th and 5693rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Salvador

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	Edinburgh	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$14902

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743