Edinburgh vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edinburgh	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5663	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$2459	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3703	$1044
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	88	70
😀 Quality of life	94	67
🏙️ Population	488K	12.7M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 120% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1263rd and 5553rd ($2246 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 9th 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 months in Suzhou. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 40th and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Suzhou

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	Edinburgh	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.67	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2692	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.85%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7033	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4677	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.9	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1775	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23136	$26560

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1744
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1710
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1625
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1647
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1793
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2013
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1793
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1599
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1573
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1390
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1420
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1800
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1734
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1706
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1571
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1602
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1830
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1424
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1459
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1364
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1467
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1528
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1783
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1467
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1763
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1989
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645