Edinburgh vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$2040
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$91.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	18
😀 Quality of life	92	46
🏙️ Population	488K	6.49M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 236% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1307th and 7385th ($2295 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 80th 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 234th in China, while ranked 83rd and 7068th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Shangrao

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	Edinburgh	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.3	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$323
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$44.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$15.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$5055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$2527
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$6.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$82.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$25646

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$596
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$617
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$628
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$435
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$646
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$603
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$611
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$686
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$689
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$542
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$696
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$615
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$551
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$640
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$672
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$652
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$661
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$774
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$717
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$653
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$587
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$618
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$684
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$899
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$679
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$612
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$667
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$592
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$670
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$677
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$671
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$632
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$687
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$680
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$658
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$691
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$673
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$610
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$628