Glasgow vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	94	93
😀 Quality of life	95	69
🏙️ Population	626K	9.37M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 220% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7469th ($2058 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 101st 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 52nd and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Hefei

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	Glasgow	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$9056

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663