Edinburgh vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	88	52
😀 Quality of life	95	89
🏙️ Population	488K	686K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 125% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 1247th and 5380th ($2310 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 315th 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 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 59th and 291st 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	$21.6	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068