Edinburgh vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edinburgh	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2331	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5693	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$1375	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$2392	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$1025
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	88	22
😀 Quality of life	93	62
🏙️ Population	488K	1.96M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 80% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1221st and 4578th ($2331 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 9th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Edinburgh ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 77th and 5712th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Tijuana

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	Edinburgh	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.7	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1087	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$256	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.9	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.92%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6800	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4921	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.5	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.33	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.3	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1708	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26404	$4857

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667