Edinburgh vs Urfa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Urfa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1549
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$458
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1224
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	88	22
😀 Quality of life	94	44
🏙️ Population	488K	1.99M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 249% more expensive than in Urfa. Cities ranked 1491st and 7513th ($2140 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 71st in the United Kingdom and Turkey, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 2 months in Urfa. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Urfa ranked 28th in Turkey, while ranked 34th and 6606th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Urfa

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	Edinburgh	Urfa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$55.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$10.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	27.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$5.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$1.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$27.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$58.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$7315

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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 Urfa

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Akcakale	$587
81 km or 51 mi	Adiyaman	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$603
90 km or 56 mi	Nizip	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
125 km or 78 mi	Gaziantep	$577
133 km or 82 mi	Derik	$606
136 km or 84 mi	Raqqa	$462
139 km or 86 mi	Malatya	$544
152 km or 95 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
157 km or 97 mi	Cinar	$621
157 km or 97 mi	Kilis	$570
170 km or 106 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
172 km or 107 mi	Elazig	$492
173 km or 108 mi	Mardin	$600
181 km or 113 mi	Aleppo	$509
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
192 km or 119 mi	Islahiye	$523
205 km or 127 mi	Hassa	$537
215 km or 134 mi	Nusaybin	$589
215 km or 134 mi	Qamishli	$457
222 km or 138 mi	Reyhanli	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Batman	$600
226 km or 140 mi	Osmaniye	$403
236 km or 147 mi	Idlib	$489
237 km or 147 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
240 km or 149 mi	Kadirli	$535
244 km or 151 mi	Bingol	$589
252 km or 156 mi	Iskenderun	$578
259 km or 161 mi	Antakya	$598
264 km or 164 mi	Ceyhan	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Kozan	$585
278 km or 173 mi	Samandag	$597
288 km or 179 mi	Siirt	$573
290 km or 180 mi	Sinjar	$672
290 km or 180 mi	Hama	$417
294 km or 183 mi	Erzincan	$621
294 km or 183 mi	Mus	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Cizre	$578
308 km or 191 mi	Adana	$712