Edinburgh vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$602
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	88	71
😀 Quality of life	94	61
🏙️ Population	488K	10.6M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 345% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 1491st and 8748th ($2140 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 34th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Shijiazhuang

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	Edinburgh	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716