Edinburgh vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	88	28
😀 Quality of life	94	41
🏙️ Population	488K	6.23M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 227% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 1491st and 7175th ($2140 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 100th 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 1.3 months in Xinyang. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 34th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Xinyang

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	Edinburgh	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.88
🥤 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	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558