Edinburgh vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	20
😀 Quality of life	94	41
🏙️ Population	488K	6.44M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 219% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1491st and 7052nd ($2140 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 34th and 6873rd 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	$17.4	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$31722

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621