Glasgow vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Glasgow	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2011	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4929	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$2177	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3222	$2561
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	94	78
😀 Quality of life	95	85
🏙️ Population	626K	936K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 5% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1806th and 1551st ($2011 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 64th and 7th 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 1.6 months in Glasgow compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 24th and 374th 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	$18.9	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.1	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.4	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2489	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3920	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2776	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.7	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.84	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.7	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.3	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.9	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1078	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15092	$17799

Cost of living in other countries

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511