Edinburgh vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$990
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	88	40
😀 Quality of life	95	55
🏙️ Population	488K	5.94M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 228% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1247th and 7068th ($2310 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 2nd 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 0.4 months in Surat. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 59th and 6284th 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	$21.6	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$922

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333