Edinburgh vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	88	24
😀 Quality of life	95	44
🏙️ Population	488K	7.82M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 286% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 1247th and 7835th ($2310 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 183rd in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 59th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Shangqiu

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	Edinburgh	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$17107

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517