Edinburgh vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	88	84
😀 Quality of life	94	81
🏙️ Population	488K	3.03M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 139% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 1491st and 6071st ($2140 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 6th in the United Kingdom and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 34th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Taichung

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	Edinburgh	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671