Edinburgh vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	88	95
😀 Quality of life	94	86
🏙️ Population	488K	2.6M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 81% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1491st and 4534th ($2140 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 34th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Taipei

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	Edinburgh	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581