Edinburgh vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$252
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	88	1
😀 Quality of life	94	22
🏙️ Population	488K	65.5K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 138% more expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 1491st and 6047th ($2140 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 34th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Sao Tome

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	Edinburgh	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$3685

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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 Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590