Glasgow vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$882
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	91
😀 Quality of life	95	72
🏙️ Population	626K	11.9M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 149% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 1833rd and 6563rd ($2058 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 20th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 52nd and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Hangzhou

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	Glasgow	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$28925

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753