Edinburgh vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$895
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$2260
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$365
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$94.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$2185
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	88	53
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	488K	686K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 156% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1307th and 6285th ($2295 vs $895) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 758th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 2.4 months in Shizuoka. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shizuoka ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 83rd and 186th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Shizuoka

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	Edinburgh	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.3	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$439
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$403
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$6078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$4127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$1.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$28.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$61.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$14291

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$883
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$888
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$912
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$915
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$923
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1003
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$984
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$929
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$936
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$941
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1012
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$932
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1001
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1006
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1003
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1004
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1006
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1005
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1010
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$941
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1003
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1018
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1020
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1024
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$995
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1018
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1021
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1022
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1018
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1018
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1029
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1009
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1029
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1033
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1002
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1073
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$972
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1023
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$887
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1016