Edinburgh vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	88	40
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	488K	5.94M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 178% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1491st and 6559th ($2140 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 34th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Surat

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	Edinburgh	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340