Edinburgh vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	88	70
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	488K	12.7M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 147% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1491st and 6198th ($2140 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 34th and 3351st 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	$17.4	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613