Edmonton vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edmonton	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1835	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4159	$4959
🏠 One person rent	$996	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$1618	$2124
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3432	$3456
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	64	93
😀 Quality of life	91	94
🏙️ Population	1.01M	626K

The cost of living in Edmonton is 13% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 2656th and 1708th ($1835 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 86th in Canada and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Canada vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Edmonton compared to 1.6 months in Glasgow. Edmonton ranked 7th best city to live in Canada vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 133rd and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Glasgow

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	Edmonton	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$22.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$6.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$1185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$752	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1621	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1273	$1681
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$320
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.48%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2375	$4105
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$18.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$18.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$2.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.06
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$3.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$23.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$135
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$776	$928
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9664	$21435

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1733
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1874
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2095
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1927
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1771
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1974
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1633
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1749
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1953
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2307
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1739
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2180
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2135
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2427
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2505
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1703
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1787
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2100
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2091
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2411
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2505
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2523
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2295
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2100

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404