Edinburgh vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$886
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	88	98
😀 Quality of life	94	70
🏙️ Population	488K	12.3M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 226% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 1491st and 7163rd ($2140 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 95th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.4 months in Wuhan. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 34th and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Wuhan

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	Edinburgh	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8658

Cost of living in other countries

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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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586