Edinburgh vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1106
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	62
😀 Quality of life	94	49
🏙️ Population	488K	9.08M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 342% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1491st and 8735th ($2140 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 524th 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 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 34th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Xuzhou

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	Edinburgh	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746