Glasgow vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$3437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	93	77
😀 Quality of life	94	86
🏙️ Population	626K	936K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 15% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1712th and 911th ($2121 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Israel, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 42nd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Jerusalem

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	Glasgow	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$27069

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761