Edinburgh vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1922
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	88	37
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	488K	6.44K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 35% more expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 1491st and 3109th ($2140 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Malta, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 34th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Valletta

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	Edinburgh	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348