Edinburgh vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$522
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	88	46
😀 Quality of life	94	55
🏙️ Population	488K	2.96M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 151% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 1491st and 6253rd ($2140 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 34th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Tashkent

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	Edinburgh	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785